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Tue, November 29, 2022 | 17:23

THURSDAY, Oct. 20, 2022

1803-U.S. Senate ratifies the Louisiana Purchase 1883-Treaty of Ancon, Peru cedes Tarapaca to Chile

2022-10-19 13:57

WEDNESDAY, Oct. 19, 2022

1933-Berlin Olympic Committee vote to introduce basketball in 1936 1950-U.N. forces entered Pyongyang, the capital of North Korea

2022-10-18 15:12

TUESDAY, Oct. 18, 2022

1648-First U.S. labor organization forms (Boston Shoemakers) 1685-Louis XIV revokes Edict of Nantes, outlaws Protestantism

2022-10-17 15:36

MONDAY, Oct. 17, 2022

1933-Albert Einstein arrives in the US, a refugee from Nazi Germany1945-Juan Peron becomes dictator of Argentina1956-England's 1st large scale nuclear power station opens1957-Britain's Queen Elizabeth & Prince Philip visit White House1957-French author Albert Camus awarded Nobel Prize in Literature1959-Queen Elizabeth is fined $140 for withdrawing her race horse1961-N.Y. ...

2022-10-16 13:49

FRIDAY, Oct. 14, 2022

1834-FIrst black to obtain a U.S. patent, Henry Blair, for a corn planter1944-German Field Marshal Erwin Rommel commits suicide rather than face trial for his part in an attempt to overthrow Hitler1950-Rev Sun Young Moon liberated from Hung Nam prison1953-Ike promises to fire as Red any federal worker taking 5th amendment1964-Martin Luther King Jr. wins Nobel Peace Prize1976-...

2022-10-13 15:56

THURSDAY, Oct. 13, 2022

1860-First aerial photo taken in US (from a balloon), Boston1943-Italy declares war on former ally Germany1957-German Dem Rep recalls the East Mark & issues new currency1962-"Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" opens on Broadway, with Uta Hagen1963-"Beatlemania" is coined after the Beatles appear at the Palladium1972-Aeroflot Il-62 crashes in large pond outside Moscow, 176 d...

2022-10-12 13:22

WEDNESDAY, Oct. 12, 2022

1492-Columbus arrives in the Bahamas; the real Columbus Day1860-British & French troops capture Peking1942-U.S. navy defeats Japanese in WW II Battle of Cape Esperance1960-Nikita Khrushchev pounds his shoe at U.N. General Assembly session1962-US/USSR sign joint space effort in telecommunications & meteorology1963-Archaeological digs begin at Masada, Israel1968-19th mo...

2022-10-11 13:59

TUESDAY, Oct. 11, 2022

On this day... 1864-Slavery abolished in Maryland 1945-Chinese civil war begins, Chiang Kai-Shek vs Mao Tse-Tung 1968-Panama revolts 1972-Prison uprising at Washington DC jail 1975-"Saturday Night Live" premieres with guest host George Carlin 1977-Soyuz 25 returns to Earth 1980-Cosmonauts Popov & Ryumin set space endurance record of 184 days 1981-Unknown rocker Prince ope...

2022-10-10 17:00

MONDAY, Oct. 10, 2022

On this day...1911-Sun Yat-sen's revolutionaries overthrow Manchus (Taiwan Nat'l Day) 1933-1st synthetic detergent for home use marketed1957-Pres Eisenhower apologizes to finance minister of Ghana, Komla Agbeli Gbdemah, after he is refused service in a Dover, Del, restaurant1963-Treaty banning atmospheric nuclear tests signed by US, UK, USSR1964-18th modern Olympic Games open...

2022-10-09 17:00

FRIDAY, Oct. 7, 2022

1868-Cornell University (Ithaca NY) opens 1908-Crete revolts against Turkey & aligns with Greece

2022-10-06 14:00

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