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15th Oct 1529
The Ottoman armies end their siege of Vienna.
15th Oct 1863
Submarine H L Hunley sinks for a second time downing its inventor and seven crew members.
15th Oct 1924
Zeppelin ZR3 flies 5000 miles.
15th Oct 1941
Russian troops evacuate the Black Sea port of Odessa which has been surrounded by German troops for several weeks.
15th Oct 1997
UK’s Andy Green breaks the sound barrier driving the ThrustSSC supersonic car to a speed of 763 mph.
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Alan
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16th Oct 1793
During the French Revolution Marie Antoinette is beheaded by guillotine.
16th Oct 1946
At the Nuremburg, Germany ten Nazi war criminals are hanged.
16th Oct 1908
Samuel Cody, a US citizen makes the first airplane flight in England, at Farnborough.
16th Oct 1998
In London, Augusto Pinochet, the former dictator of Chile is arrested for extradition on murder charges.
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Alan
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17th Oct 1777
Maj Gen John Burgoyne surrenders 5000 men at Saratoga, NY.
17th Oct 1815
Napoleon Bonaparte, banished by the Allies arrives at the island of St Helena in the South Atlantic.
17th Oct 1913
28 are killed when Zeppelin LII explodes over London.
17th Oct 1933
Albert Einstein immigrates to the US due to rising anti-Semitism and anti-intellectualism in Germany.
17th Oct 1941
A German U Boat torpedo’s and damages the US destroyer Kearny off Iceland. 11 American are killed.
17th Oct 1989
A 6.9 level earthquake hits San Francisco.
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Alan
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18th Oct 1913
Napoleon Bonaparte is defeated by the Allies at Leipzig.
18th Oct 1867
The formal transfer of the territory of Alaska from Russian to American control takes place.
18th Oct 1939
War submarines are banned from US ports and waters by Franklin Roosevelt
18th Oct 1967
An unmanned Russian spacecraft makes the first landing on the surface of Venus.
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Alan
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19th Oct 1466
War between the Teutonic knights and their disaffected subjects in Prussia ends with the Peace of Torun.
19th Oct 1739
In Florida, England declares war on Spain. Known as the War of Jenkins Ear, the Spanish coast guards cut off the ear of Robert Jenkins, a British seaman.
19th Oct 1812
Napoleon Bonaparte begins his retreat from Moscow.
19th Oct 1942
A floatplane is launched from the Japanese submarine I-36. The crew report on the ships in Pearl Harbour.
19th Oct 2005
The trial of Saddam Hussein begins in Baghdad.
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Alan
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20th Oct 1709
Mons in the Netherlands falls to Marlborough and Eugene of Savoy.
20th Oct 1818
The boundary (49th Parallel) is established between Canada and the US by Britain and the US.
20th Oct 1904
The War of the Pacific ends with the signing of a treaty between Bolivia and Chile.
20th Oct 1941
German troops reach the approaches to Moscow.
20th Oct 1944
General MacArthur keeps his pledge ‘I shall return’ by landing US troops on Leyte in the Philippines.
20th Oct 1973
Oil exports to the US are banned by Arab oil producing nations following the outbreak of the Arab-Israeli war.
20th Oct 2011
The dictator Muammar Gaddafi is captured and killed by rebels in the Libyan civil war.
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Alan
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21st Oct 1096
Thousands of German crusaders are slaughtered by Seljuk Turks at Chivito.
21st Oct 1790
The Tricolor is chosen as France’s official flag.
21st Oct 1797
A wooden hulled, three masted heavy frigate, the USS Constitution is successfully launched into Boston Harbour.
21st Oct 1805
Horatio Nelson is fatally wounded but lives long enough to see Victory over the Franco-Spanish fleet in the Battle of Trafalgar.
21st Oct 1879
Thomas Edison first demonstrates his electric lamp.
21st Oct 1917
First US troops enter the front lines at Somerville.
21st Oct 1939
The British war cabinet holds its first meeting in the underground war room as war heats up with Germany.
21st Oct 1983
A ten ship task force is sent to Grenada by the US.
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Alan
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22nd Oct 1707
1500 sailors drown when four naval warships run aground in severe weather off the Isles of Scilly. Navigators were unable to accurately calculate their positions.
22nd Oct 1955
F105 Thunder Chief prototype makes its maiden flight.
22nd Oct 1962
Soviet missiles sites in Cuba are revealed by the US. An air and naval blockade is imposed by the US on further shipments of military equipment to Cuba.
22nd Oct 1966
Luna 12 is launched by the Soviet Union for orbit around the moon.
22nd Oct 1999
For his role in deporting more than 1600 Jews to concentration camps, Maurice Papon is jailed for crimes against humanity.
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Alan
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23rd Oct 1641
Catholics rise again the Protestants in Ireland and massacre 40,000 men, women and children, some reportedly say number is nearer 100,000.
23rd Oct 1707
The first Parliament of Great Britain meets.
23rd Oct 1954
West Germany is permitted to rearm, enter NATO and the Western European Union under an agreement signed in Paris.
23rd Oct 1973
The Yom Kippur war between Israel and Syria officially ends under a UN sanctioned cease fire.
23rd Oct 1983
A Muslim terrorist crashes a truck filled with explosives into the US Marine barracks in Beirut, killing 237 Marines and injuring 80. 58 die and 15 are injured in a similar incident at the French military headquarters.
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Alan
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24th Oct 1648
The German 30 Years War ends with the signing of the Treaty of Westphalia.
24th Oct 1755
The British fail in an expedition against the French held Fort Niagara in Canada.
24th Oct 1812
At the Battle of Maloyarpslavets, the Russian Army thwart Napoleons plans for retreating from Moscow.
24th Oct 1944
During the Battle of Leyte Gulf a single Japanese plane sinks the aircraft carrier USS Princeton.
24th Oct 1945
The United Nations comes into existence.
24th Oct 2003
Concorde made its last commercial flight from New York to London.
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Alan
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Excellent as always Alan, I do enjoy these posts, its like a history lesson I actually enjoy having!
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Thanks Nem, really pleased you're enjoying the posts....
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Alan
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25th Oct 1415
French are defeated by Henry V army at Agincourt, France.
25th Oct 1757
At the Second Battle of Cape Finisterre in the eastern Atlantic a British fleet of 14 ships defeat the French.
25th Oct 1854
A British light infantry brigade is destroyed by Russian artillery during the Crimean War as they charge down a narrow corridor in full view.
25th Oct 1941
Kharkov is captured by the Germans who launch a new drive towards Moscow.
25th Oct 1944
The Japanese Navy increasingly resorts to the suicidal attacks of Kamikaze after their defeat in the Battle of Leyte Gulf.
25th Oct 1962
Photos are shown the UN Security Council that prove Soviet missiles have been installed in Cuba.
25th Oct 1983
Evidence of a strong Cuban and Soviet presence turns up when 1800 US and 300 Caribbean troops land in Grenada. Large stores of arms and documents suggesting close links to Cuba.
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Alan
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26th Oct 1881
In Tombstone, Arizona the Earp brothers with Doc Holliday have a shootout with the Clantons and McLaurys at the OK Corral.
26th Oct 1905
Norway and Sweden sign a treaty of Separation.
26th Oct 1942
Two US Carriers are sunk when the Japanese attack Guadalcanal.
The US Carrier Hornet is sunk in the Battle of Santa Cruz Island, in the South Pacific.
26th Oct 1994
A peace treaty is signed by Israel and Jordan.
26th Oct 2002
50 terrorists and 150 hostages die when Russian Spetsnaz storm the Moscow Theatre, taken by Chechen terrorists.
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Alan
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27th Oct 1806
Napoleon Bonaparte enters Berlin.
27th Oct 1806
French fortress of Metz surrenders to the Prussian Army
27th Oct 1962
A surface to air missile shoots down an American U2 plane over Cuba.
Soviets offer to remove missile bases in Cuba is the US remove missile bases in Turkey.
27th Oct 1988
The US Embassy in Moscow is torn down due to Soviet listening devices being built into the structure.
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Alan
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28th Oct 1914
Russian light cruiser zhemchug is sunk in Penang Harbour near Malaya, by the German cruiser Emden, disguised as a British ship.
28th Oct 1940
Italy launches six divisions on four fronts from occupied Alabania into Greece.
28th Oct 1944
A strike against the Japanese base at Truk is made by the first B29 bomber mission from airfields in the Mariana Islands.
28th Oct 1962
Soviet missiles are removed from Cuba on the orders of Soviet Premier Khrushchev, ending the Cuban Missile Crisis.
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Alan
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29th Oct 1618
Sir Walter Raleigh is executed, his enemies spread rumours he was opposed to the accession to the throne of King James.
29th Oct 1814
In New York the first steam powered warship, the Demologos is launched.
29th Oct 1929
The stock market tumbles heralding the start of the great Depression. This day becomes known as Black Tuesday.
29th Oct 1998
Space Shuttle Discovery has on board the oldest person to go into outer space…. John Glenn at the age of 77.
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Alan
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30th Oct 1697
War between France and the Grand Alliance ends with the Treaty of Ryswick.
30th Oct 1918
Austro-Hungarian army are defeated by the Italians capturing of Vittorio Veneto.
30th Oct 1938
War of the Worlds is broadcast by Orson Welles causing panic.
30th Oct 1941
German U-boat sinks the US destroyer Reuben James off Iceland, 96 lives lost.
30th Oct 1961
50 Megaton Hydrogen bomb, the largest explosive device of any kind is detonated by the USSR, known as the Tsar Bomba.
30th Oct 2005
Dresden Frauenkirche, destroyed during the firebombing of Dresden in WWII is rebuilt and rededicated.
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Alan
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31st Oct 1941
Mount Rushmore Memorial is completed after 14 years of work.
31st Oct 1952
The US halts the bombing of North Vietnam
31st Oct 1968
In New Delhi, Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi is assassinated.
31st Oct 2000
The first resident crew to the International Space Station launches in Soyuz TM31
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Alan
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Mt Vesuvius erupts and the city of Pompeii is buried.
1st Nov 1512
Sistine Chapel ceiling painted by Michelangelo is exhibited for the first time.
1st Nov 1911
The first aerial bombing on Tagiura Oasis in Libya is carried out by Italian planes.
1st Nov 1943
In the Solomon Islands US troops invade Bougainville.
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Alan
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