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#281 Posted : 23 October 2016 18:45:31

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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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#282 Posted : 23 October 2016 19:10:03

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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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#283 Posted : 23 October 2016 19:36:00

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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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#284 Posted : 23 October 2016 21:01:28

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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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#285 Posted : 24 October 2016 22:55:34

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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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#286 Posted : 30 October 2016 10:43:35

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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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#287 Posted : 30 October 2016 11:55:56

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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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#288 Posted : 14 November 2016 21:54:43

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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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#289 Posted : 14 November 2016 22:09:02

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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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#290 Posted : 14 November 2016 23:06:07

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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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#291 Posted : 14 November 2016 23:57:25

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Excellent as always Alan, I do enjoy these posts, its like a history lesson I actually enjoy having!BigGrin
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#292 Posted : 15 November 2016 22:36:24

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Thanks Nem, really pleased you're enjoying the posts....

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#293 Posted : 15 November 2016 22:38:17

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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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#294 Posted : 15 November 2016 23:04:13

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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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#295 Posted : 23 November 2016 21:19:12

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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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#296 Posted : 23 November 2016 21:37:20

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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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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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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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#299 Posted : 01 December 2016 21:43:00

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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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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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