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#261 Posted : 26 September 2016 22:51:59

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25th Sep 1915

In France, the Allies launch an offensive against the German army.

25th Sep 1918

War on Austria is declared by Brazil.

25th Sep 1937

Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini meet in Munich.

25th Sep 1938

Negotiations between Hitler and Czech President is urged by Franklin Rossevelt.

25th Sep 1943

Smolensk is retaken from the Germans by the Red Army.

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#262 Posted : 26 September 2016 23:44:16

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26th Sep 1580

After a 33 month voyage to circumnavigate the globe Sir Francis Drake returns to Plymouth aboard the Golden Hind.

26th Sep 1918

Ernst Udet, German ace brings his total number of downed aircraft during the war to 62.

26th Sep 1940

The underground Cabinet War Rooms suffers a hit during the London Blitz when a bomb explodes on the Clive Steps.

26th Sep 1967

A US peace proposal is rejected by Hanoi.

26th Sep 1983

Stanislav Petrov of the USSR ignores alarms indicating five incoming nuclear missiles. He believes the US would launch much more than five if it was to start a war. His decision prevented a retaliatory attack that would have surely begun a nuclear war between the superpowers.

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#263 Posted : 01 October 2016 21:04:35

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27th Sep 1916

War on Bulgaria is declared by Constance of Greece.

27th Sep 1939

Warsaw is occupied by Germany as Poland falls.

27th Sep 1942

Japanese on New Guinea, South Pacific are defeated by Australian forces.

27th Sep 1944

German forces rebuff the massive effort by British troops to capture the Arnhem Bridge in Holland, thousands are killed.

27th Sep 1950

Seoul, South Korea is liberated by US Army and Marine troops.

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#264 Posted : 01 October 2016 21:08:51

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28th Sep 1066

William, Duke of Normandy and soon to be known as William the Conqueror invades England.

28th Sep 1794

Russian-Austrian Alliance of St Peterburg, which is directed against France is signed.

28th Sep 1928

Penicillin is discovered by Alexander Fleming.

28th Sep 1939

Germany and the Soviet Union agree on a division of Poland.

28th Sep 2008

First private spacecraft Falcon 1 is launched.

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#265 Posted : 01 October 2016 21:29:16

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29th Sep 1493

On his second voyage to the new world, Christopher Columbus departs Cadiz, Spain.

29th Sep 1941

Heinrich Himmler sends four strike squads to exterminate undesirables, 30,000 Jews are gunned down in Kiev.

29th Sep 1943

Mein Kampf, Hitler’s book is published in the US.

29th Sep 1966

The Camaro is introduced by Chevrolet which becomes an iconic car.

29th Sep 1992

The F22 Raptor flies for the first time.

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#266 Posted : 02 October 2016 21:24:23

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30th Sep 1911

War on Turkey is declared by Italy over control of Tripoli.

30th Sep 1918

Bulgaria pulls out of WWI

30th Sep 1949

From its invasion of Germany, the French army is called back into France.

30th Sep 1949

The Berlin airlift ends.

30th Sep 1954

Nautilus, the first atomic powered submarine is commissioned.

30th Sep 1975

The Apache AH64 attack helicopter makes its first flight.

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#267 Posted : 02 October 2016 21:39:36

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1st Oct 1839

A punitive naval expedition is sent to China by the British Government.

1st Oct 1908

The Ford Model T hits the market.

1st Oct 1942

In the city of Stalingrad the German army grinds to a complete halt.

1st Oct 1943

Foggia airfield is occupied by British troops as the enter Naples.

1st Oct 1946


Eleven Nazi war criminals are sentenced to be hanged at the Nurenberg Trials.

1st Oct 1947

The F86 Sabre jet fighter has its first flight.

1st Oct 1991

The Siege of Dubrovnik begins in the Croatian War of Independence.

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#268 Posted : 05 October 2016 22:35:22

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2nd Oct 1879

Austria and Germany form an alliance to assist each other in the event of aggression.

2nd Oct 1909

A new altitude record is set by Orville Wright, flying at 1600 feet.

2nd Oct 1941

Operation Typhoon is launched by the German army, the drive towards Moscow.

2nd Oct 2001

In the wake of the terrorist attacks on September 11 NATO backs US military strikes.

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#269 Posted : 07 October 2016 22:17:29

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3rd Oct 1739

A three year conflict between Russian and the Turks ends with the signing of a treaty.

3rd Oct 1942

The first successful test flight of a V2 missile is conducted by Germany.

3rd Oct 1944

Athens, Greece is evacuated by German troops.

3rd Oct 1952

The UK becomes the world’s third nuclear power with the successful development of a nuclear weapon,

3rd Oct 1985

Space Shuttle Atlantis makes its maiden flight.

3rd Oct 1990

East and West Germany are reunited as one nation.

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#270 Posted : 07 October 2016 22:35:06

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4th Oct 1914

London is raided by the first German Zeppelin.

4th Oct 1917

The battle of Broodseinde takes place near Ypres, Flanders, this is the most successful Allied attack of the Passchendaele offensive.

4th Oct 1927

Gutzon Borglum begins sculpting on Mount Rushmore.

4th Oct 1940

Hitler and Mussolini meet at the Brenner Pass.

4th Oct 1943

Soloman Islands in the Pacific is captured by the US.

4th Oct 1957

Sputnik 1 is launched, beginning the space race.

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#271 Posted : 08 October 2016 20:15:08

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5th Oct 1962

Manila in the Philippines is bombarded and captured by the British fleet.

5th Oct 1915

Germany issues an apology for the sinking of the British ship Lusitania and the loss of 128 American passengers.

5th Oct 1915

Bulgaria enters WW1, siding with the Central Powers.

5th Oct 1935

Jewish passports are invalidated by Germany.

5th Oct 1943

98 American POW’s on Wake Island are executed by Japanese forces.

5th Oct 1965

Permission to use tear gas in Saigon is received by US forces.

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#272 Posted : 08 October 2016 20:27:53

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6th Oct 1014

Slayer of Bulgers is the name given to the Byzantine Emperor Basil after the ordering of 15,000 Bulgarian troops to be blinded.

6th Oct 1801


A new constitution is imposed on Holland by Napoleon Bonaparte.

6th Oct 1941

Germany’s offensive against Moscow is renewed.

6th Oct 1973

The Yom Kippur War begins.

6th Oct 1981

Egyptian president Anwar el-Sadat is assassinated in Cairo.

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#273 Posted : 08 October 2016 23:08:27

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7th Oct 1571

The Ottoman navy is defeated Lepanto, Greece by a Christian naval coalition, the last great clash of the galleys.

7th Oct 1944

Birkenau concentration camp sees a Prisoner uprising.

7th Oct 1949

East Germany is formed.

7th Oct 2001

Afghanistan is invaded by the US in reaction to the 9/11 terrorist attacks.

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#274 Posted : 11 October 2016 22:16:48

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8th Oct 876

At the Battle of Andermach Charles the Bald is defeated.

8th Oct 1690

The Turks retake Belgrade

8th Oct 1855

The Second Chinese War begins with ‘Arrow’, a ship flying the British flag is boarded and the crew arrested by the Chinese.

8th Oct 1912

Montenegro declares war against the Ottoman empire beginning the First Balkan War.

8th Oct 1932


Indian Air Force is established.

8th Oct 1939

Western Poland is annexed by Nazi Germany.

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#275 Posted : 11 October 2016 22:33:16

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9th Oct 1760

Russian and Austrian troops enter Berlin, the burning of structures begins.

9th Oct 1781


At Yorktown, the Americans surround and shell the British.

9th Oct 1914

Antwerp, Belgium is taken by the Germans after a 12 day siege.

9th Oct 1999

The SR71 Blackbird takes its last flight.

9th Oct 2006

Its first nuclear device is reportedly tested by North Korea.

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#276 Posted : 13 October 2016 22:38:38

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10th Oct 1733

France declares war on Austria.

10th Oct 1794

At Maciejowice, Poland, Russian General Alexander Vasilyevich Suvorov crushes the rebel Polish army.

10th Oct 1911

The Panama Canal is opened.

10th Oct 1941

The German advance on Moscow is halted by Soviet troops.

10th Oct 1953

US and South Korea sign the Mutual Defense Treaty.

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#277 Posted : 13 October 2016 22:50:37

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11th Oct 1899

South African Boers declare war on Great Britain.

11th Oct 1942

US Cruisers and destroyers defeat a Japanese task force in a night surface encounter in the Battle of Cape Esperance.

11th Oct 1968

Apollo 7 is launched from Cape Kennedy.

11th Oct 1972

On the carrier USS Kitty Hawk a race riot breaks out during Operation Linebacker.

11th Oct 1984

Kathryn Sullivan becomes the first American woman to walk in space from the Space Shuttle Challenger.

11th Oct 2000

The 100th Space Shuttle mission is launched by NASA.

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#278 Posted : 19 October 2016 19:22:29

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12th Oct 1492

Christopher Columbus lands in the Bahamas.

12th Oct 1702

The French fleet is defeated by Admiral George Rooke off Vigo.

12th Oct 1899

The Anglo Boer War begins

12th Oct 1943

An assault crossing of the Volturno River in Italy is started by the US Fifth Army.

12th Oct 1984

A bomb explodes at the Grand Hotel in Brighton, the IRA’s unsuccessful attempt to assassinate Margaret Thatcher. 5 killed and 31 wounded.

12th Oct 1994

Contact with the Magellan probe is lost in the thick atmosphere of Venus.

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#279 Posted : 19 October 2016 19:53:42

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13th Oct 1307

King Philip of France orders members of the Knights of Templar to be arrested, imprisoned and tortured.

13th Oct 1792

The cornerstone for the White House is laid by George Washington.

13th Oct 1943

Italy declares war on Germany.

13th Oct 1944

Soviets occupy Riga, capital of Latvia.

13th Oct 2010

33 miners trappen in a Copiapo mine in Chile are rescued.

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#280 Posted : 19 October 2016 20:40:04

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14th Oct 1066

King Harold is defeated by William of Normandy in the Battle of Hastings.

14th Oct 1705

Barcelona is captured by the English navy.

14th Oct 1806


At Jena, Germany, the Prussian army is crushed by Napoleon Bonaparte.

14th Oct 1944

Rommel is visited at home by Hitler’s staff and given the choice of public trial or suicide by poison, suspected of complicity in the July plot against Hitler. His choice was suicide.

14th Oct 1962

U2 pilot photgraphs Cubans installing Soviet made missiles capable of carrying nuclear warheads. The Cuban Missile Crisis begins.

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