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1. 28th October 1962: End of the Cuban Missile Crisis as Khrushchev agrees to remove nuclear missiles from Cuba

   Publicat: 28.10.2024
2. 27th October 1988: Ronald Reagan halts construction of the new US embassy in Moscow

   Publicat: 27.10.2024
3. 26th October 1860: Garibaldi hands control of southern Italy to Victor Emmanuel II

   Publicat: 26.10.2024
4. 25th October 1940: Benjamin O. Davis Sr. becomes first black general in the US military

   Publicat: 25.10.2024
5. 24th October 1929: Black Thursday marks the start of the Wall Street Crash

   Publicat: 24.10.2024
6. 23rd October 1642: Battle of Edgehill fought during the early stages of the English Civil War

   Publicat: 23.10.2024
7. 22nd October 1910: Dr. Hawley Crippen found guilty of murdering his wife, after being captured with the aid of wireless technology

   Publicat: 22.10.2024
8. 21st October 1096: Battle of Civetot destroys the People’s Crusade at the start of the First Crusade

   Publicat: 21.10.2024
9. 20th October 1818: Treaty of 1818 establishes the 49th parallel as the border between the United States and British North America

   Publicat: 20.10.2024
10. 19th October 1864: Confederate soldiers rob three banks in the St. Albans Raid in the northernmost land action of the American Civil War

    Publicat: 19.10.2024
11. 18th October 1963: Félicette becomes the first cat in space when she is launched as part of a French mission

    Publicat: 18.10.2024
12. 17th October 1933: Einstein moves to the USA after Hitler becomes Chancellor of Germany

    Publicat: 17.10.2024
13. 16th October 1793: Marie Antoinette executed by guillotine in the Place de la Revolution in Paris

    Publicat: 16.10.2024
14. 15th October 1783: Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier conducts the first manned hot air balloon flight

    Publicat: 15.10.2024
15. 14th October 1066: The Battle of Hastings fought between Duke William II of Normandy and the Anglo-Saxon king Harold Godwinson

    Publicat: 14.10.2024
16. 13th October 1792: Cornerstone of the White House laid in Washington, D.C.

    Publicat: 13.10.2024
17. 12th October 1931: The Christ the Redeemer statue officially opened in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

    Publicat: 12.10.2024
18. 11th October 1975: Saturday Night Live is broadcast for the first time

    Publicat: 11.10.2024
19. 10th October 1903: Foundation of Women’s Social & Political Union, known as the Suffragettes

    Publicat: 10.10.2024
20. 9th October 1410: The Prague Astronomical Clock first noted in a medieval document

    Publicat: 09.10.2024