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1st November 1894: Nicholas II becomes Tsar of Russia following the death of his father, Tsar Alexander III

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The 26 year old Tsar Nicholas II inherited an autocratic government, which had long resisted democratic reforms, and a society that was increasingly dissatisfied with the existing ...Af Scott Allsop

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31st October 1922: The cabinet of Benito Mussolini formally takes power in Italy

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Mussolini, who was determined to restore the glory of the Roman Empire following the ‘mutilated victory’ of the First World War, had formed the precursor to the Fascist Party in ...Af Scott Allsop

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30th October 1938: The War of the Worlds radio play, directed by Orson Welles, terrifies listeners in America

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Announcements were made before, during and after the radio broadcast that the events in War of the Worlds were fictitious, but it was clear that these warnings went unheeded by ...Af Scott Allsop

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29th October 1959: Comic book character Asterix the Gaul’s first appearance in the debut issue of Pilote magazine

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Created by writer René Goscinny and illustrator Albert Uderzo, the story of Asterix is set in 50 B.C. and follows the adventures of the warrior Asterix from a small village in Gaul (modern-day France), during the time of the Roman Empire's ...Af Scott Allsop

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

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Because America’s part of the agreement was kept secret, Khrushchev appeared to have ‘lost’. The reality is that both sides made ...Af Scott Allsop

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

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By the summer of 1987 it had become public knowledge that the Soviets had bugged the new building with technology that the United States was struggling to ...Af Scott Allsop

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26th October 1860: Garibaldi hands control of southern Italy to Victor Emmanuel II

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Giuseppe Garibaldi met with Victor Emmanuel II, the King of Sardinia, at Teano and handed him control of southern ...Af Scott Allsop

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

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Davis first entered military service following the outbreak of the Spanish-American War in 1898, and later served as Professor of Military Science and Tactics at both Wilberforce University in Ohio and Tuskegee University in Alabama as well as serving tours of duty around the ...Af Scott Allsop

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24th October 1929: Black Thursday marks the start of the Wall Street Crash

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Although the scale of panic selling on Wall Street did slow down, the market continued its downward trajectory for over 2 ...Af Scott Allsop

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

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The battle of Edgehill was fought in Warwickshire between the Royalist forces of King Charles I and the Parliamentarian army under the command of the Duke of Essex, but it ended inconclusively at nightfall with heavy casualties on both ...Af Scott Allsop

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

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The trial began on 18 October 1910 and concluded on 22 October with the jury finding Crippen guilty of murder after just twenty-seven minutes of deliberations, having heard a case that relied heavily on forensic evidence including partial human remains discovered at his ...Af Scott Allsop

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

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The poorly equipped forces of the People's Crusade, who lacked cohesive leadership, were quickly overwhelmed by the experienced Seljuk cavalry with the battle turning into a massacre where tens of thousands of crusaders were ...Af Scott Allsop

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

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One of the key features of the Treaty of 1818 was the establishment of the 49th parallel as the boundary between the United States and British North America, from the Lake of the Woods in Minnesota in the east to the Rocky Mountains in the ...Af Scott Allsop

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

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They robbed three banks in St. Albans with the objective of seizing supplies and forcing the Union Army to divert forces from the ...Af Scott Allsop

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

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Félicette survived the flight after being secured inside a specially designed capsule on top of a Véronique AG1 rocket, which reached an altitude of about 157 ...Af Scott Allsop

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

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Einstein, who was Jewish, was undertaking a visiting professorship at the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena when Adolf Hitler was appointed Chancellor on 30 January ...Af Scott Allsop

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

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Having been found guilty of treason, she was instead sentenced to death and transported to the guillotine in an open ...Af Scott Allsop

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

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The balloon was secured to the ground to limit its altitude and range, but it successfully lifted de Rozier to a height of approximately 25 ...Af Scott Allsop

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

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Harold was killed on the battlefield and, although his exact cause of death isn’t known, it signalled the collapse of the ...Af Scott Allsop

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

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The White House was built as part of the development of the Federal City – a national capital founded under the terms of the 1790 Residence ...Af Scott Allsop

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

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Brazilian engineer Heitor da Silva Costa created Christ the Redeemer in collaboration with French sculptor Paul Landowski, and construction of the 30 metre tall statue took nine ...Af Scott Allsop

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11th October 1975: Saturday Night Live is broadcast for the first time

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Saturday Night Live was originally known as NBC’s Saturday Night to avoid any confusion with the ABC show Saturday Night Live with Howard ...Af Scott Allsop

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

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Frustrated by the lack of progress made by the National Union of Women’s Suffrage Societies from whom the group had split, the WSPU soon became known for its militant and sometimes violent actions under the motto ‘Deeds, not ...Af Scott Allsop

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9th October 1410: The Prague Astronomical Clock first noted in a medieval document

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Known as the Orloj, the astronomical clock was designed and built by the Imperial clockmaker Mikuláš of Kadaň and Charles University professor Jan ...Af Scott Allsop

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8th October 1912: First Balkan War begins when the Kingdom of Montenegro declares war on the Ottoman Empire

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The Balkan League, which consisted of the Kingdoms of Bulgaria, Serbia, Greece and Montenegro, was encouraged by Ottoman military defeats in Libya to seize territory from the ...Af Scott Allsop

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7th October 1913: Ford Motor Company introduces the world’s first moving assembly line at its Highland Park plant in Michigan

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Each worker was responsible for a specific task, and the car chassis moved along a conveyor belt to bring the work to the worker. This method minimized the time workers spent moving between tasks, thereby increasing productivity and reducing ...Af Scott Allsop

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6th October 1981: Egyptian President Anwar Sadat assassinated by terrorists

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On the 6th October 1981 Egyptian President Anwar Sadat was assassinated by members of the Egyptian Islamic Jihad, a terrorist group that was enraged by the peace treaty he had negotiated with ...Af Scott Allsop

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5th October 1789: The October Days begin when a crowd of Parisian women march to the Palace of Versailles to demand food

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The demonstrators soon surrounded the palace and demanded an audience with the king, who met with a small delegation of women, but tensions escalated as the palace was broken into and some royal guards were beaten or even killed by the ...Af Scott Allsop

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4th October 1535: Myles Coverdale finishes printing the first complete English translation of the Bible

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The printing of the Coverdale Bible was made possible due to the support of English merchants and reformist sympathizers abroad. It made the scriptures accessible to English speakers, marking a significant moment in the Reformation and the spread of ...Af Scott Allsop

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3rd October 1935: Italian forces invade Ethiopia, triggering the Second Italo-Ethiopian War

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The Italian forces were well-equipped with modern weaponry including tanks, aircraft, and chemical weapons, giving them a significant advantage over the Ethiopian army, which was primarily composed of infantry with limited access to modern ...Af Scott Allsop

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2nd October 1187: Saladin captures Jerusalem from the Crusaders after a lengthy siege

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In return for the crusaders’ unconditional surrender, Saladin agreed that anyone who paid a ransom would be able to leave the city in ...Af Scott Allsop

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1st October 1971: Walt Disney World officially opens it doors to the public in Orlando, Florida

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While heavy rain contributed to a smaller-than-expected crowd of 10,000 visitors on the first day, the Disney World quickly gained popularity and became a global ...Af Scott Allsop

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30th September 1520: Suleiman the Magnificent becomes sultan of the Ottoman Empire

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When Suleiman died at the age of 71 in 1566, he ruled over at least 25 million people and was the longest-reigning sultan of the Ottoman ...Af Scott Allsop

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29th September 1829: The Metropolitan Police begins operating in London

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The Metropolitan Police, which is often considered to be the first modern police force, began operating in ...Af Scott Allsop

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28th September 1924: First aerial circumnavigation of the globe completed by a team from the United States Army Air Service

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Two of the four original planes successfully completed the entire circumnavigation from Seattle, travelling approximately 26,345 miles (42,398 kilometres) and stopping in 28 countries along the ...Af Scott Allsop

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27th September 1590: Pope Urban VII dies, ending the the shortest papal reign in history

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The shortest papacy in history ended after just twelve days following the death of Pope Urban VII, shortly after he introduced Europe’s first smoking ...Af Scott Allsop

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26th September 1923: Gustav Stresemann of Germany ends passive resistance in the Ruhr

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Despite the anger from some Germans, Stresemann’s actions laid the foundation for the economic recovery that Germany experienced up until the onset of the Great ...Af Scott Allsop

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25th September 1956: Inauguration TAT-1, the first transatlantic telephone cable

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Known as Transatlantic No. 1 or TAT-1, the £120 million system actually consisted of two identical cables to allow transmission in each ...Af Scott Allsop

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24th September 1946: ‘Containment’ first suggested to President Truman in a report by Clark Clifford and George Elsey

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Truman later ordered all copies to be brought to him and locked away since the content was a serious threat to US-Soviet ...Af Scott Allsop

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23rd September 1889: Nintendo founded in Kyoto, Japan, to produce playing cards

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Originally known as “Nintendo Koppai”, Fusajiro Yamauchi established the company to produce hanafuda, a type of traditional Japanese playing ...Af Scott Allsop

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22nd September 1980: Start of the Iran-Iraq War that lasted on for nearly eight years

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The war persisted for nearly eight long and bloody years, leading to the deaths of an estimated half a million soldiers and the same number of ...Af Scott Allsop

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21st September 1915: Cecil Chubb, Stonehenge’s last private owner, wins it at auction

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Cecil Chubb became the last private owner of Stonehenge, having bought the Neolithic monument at ...Af Scott Allsop

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20th September 1946: First Cannes International Film Festival begins at the former Casino

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The first Cannes Film Festival was established to celebrate cinema and to promote cultural exchange between countries in the aftermath of World War ...Af Scott Allsop

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19th September 1879: The Blackpool Illuminations turned on for the first time

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The Illuminations at the British seaside resort of Blackpool were turned on for the first ...Af Scott Allsop

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18th September 1931: The Manchurian Crisis begins after Japanese forces bomb the South Manchuria Railway

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The Chinese government appealed to the League of Nations for assistance, and the League promptly passed a resolution calling for the withdrawal of Japanese ...Af Scott Allsop

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17th September 1859: Joshua Norton declares himself Norton I, Emperor of the United States

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The San Francisco Bulletin printed his decree in full, sparking media interest that led to him becoming a celebrity in the ...Af Scott Allsop

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16th September 1979: Two families escape from East Germany in a homemade hot air balloon

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Peter Strelzyk and Günter Wetzel, who had expertise in mechanics and construction, worked for nearly a year and a half to construct a balloon capable of carrying their families of four adults and four ...Af Scott Allsop

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15th September 1440: Gilles de Rais is arrested and later convicted as one of the world’s earliest serial killers

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Gilles de Rais was found guilty of murder, sodomy, and heresy after confessing to his involvement in the murder of children and engagement in occult practices, seeking power and knowledge through alchemy and the invocation of ...Af Scott Allsop

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14th September 1959: The USSR sends the first man-made object to the Moon’s surface

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Shortly after midnight in Moscow, the Soviets became the first to successfully send a human-made object to the ...Af Scott Allsop

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13th September 1848: Phineas Gage survives an accident in which an explosion propels a large iron bar completely through his head

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An explosion propelled a tamping iron into Gage’s left cheek before it passed behind his left eye and exited through the top of his skull, destroying much of his brain’s left frontal ...Af Scott Allsop

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