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FRANCO HEADS SPAIN:
October 1, 1936
During the Spanish Civil War, General Francisco Franco is named head of the rebel Nationalist government in Spain.
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FIRST BIGFOOT SIGHTING
The first recorded sighting of the frightening apparition was in 1942 by Elmo Fernwood, a distant relative of current Zipperfinch Lake cottage owner, Ethel Rumor.
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THURGOOD MARSHALL SWORN IN:
October 2, 1967
Chief Justice Earl Warren swears in Thurgood Marshall, the first black justice of the U.S. Supreme Court.
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O.J. SIMPSON ACQUITTED:
October 3, 1995
At the end of a sensational trial, former football star O.J. Simpson is acquitted of the brutal 1994 double murder.
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SPUTNIK LAUNCHED:
October 4, 1957
The Soviet Union inaugurates the "Space Age" with its launch of Sputnik, the world's first artificial satellite.
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World Space WeekWorld Space Week
The United Nations declared October 4-10 as World Space Week. These dates commemorate the launch of Sputnik in 1957 and the 1967 Outer Space Treaty.
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DALAI LAMA WINS PEACE PRIZE:
October 5, 1989
The Dalai Lama, the exiled religious and political leader of Tibet, is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.
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World Space WeekWorld Space Week
The United Nations declared October 4-10 as World Space Week. These dates commemorate the launch of Sputnik in 1957 and the 1967 Outer Space Treaty.
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YOM KIPPUR WAR BEGINS:
October 6, 1973
Hoping to win back territory lost to Israel during the third Arab-Israeli war, Egyptian and Syrian forces launch a coordinated attack against Israel on Yom Kippur, the holiest day in the Jewish calendar.
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World Space WeekWorld Space Week
The United Nations declared October 4-10 as World Space Week. These dates commemorate the launch of Sputnik in 1957 and the 1967 Outer Space Treaty.
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MOVING ASSEMBLY LINE AT FORD:
October 7, 1913
For the first time, Henry Ford's entire Highland Park automobile factory is run on a continuously moving assembly line when the chassis--the automobile's frame--is assembled using the revolutionary industrial technique.
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World Space WeekWorld Space Week
The United Nations declared October 4-10 as World Space Week. These dates commemorate the launch of Sputnik in 1957 and the 1967 Outer Space Treaty.
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ALVIN YORK KILLS 25 AND CAPTURES 132:
October 8, 1918
During World War I, U.S. Corporal Alvin C. York is credited with single-handedly killing 25 German soldiers and capturing 132 in the Argonne Forest of France. The action saved York's small detachment from annihilation by a German machine-gun nest and won the reluctant warrior from backwater Tennessee the Congressional Medal of Honor.
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World Space WeekWorld Space Week
The United Nations declared October 4-10 as World Space Week. These dates commemorate the launch of Sputnik in 1957 and the 1967 Outer Space Treaty.
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ST. PAUL'S CATHEDRAL BOMBED:
October 9, 1940
During the Battle of Britain, the German Luftwaffe launches a heavy nighttime air raid on London.
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World Space WeekWorld Space Week
The United Nations declared October 4-10 as World Space Week. These dates commemorate the launch of Sputnik in 1957 and the 1967 Outer Space Treaty.
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ACHILLE LAURO HIJACKING ENDS:
October 10, 1985
The hijacking of the Italian cruise ship Achille Lauro reaches a dramatic climax when U.S. Navy F-14 fighters intercept an Egyptian airliner attempting to fly the Palestinian hijackers to freedom and force the jet to land at a NATO base in Sigonella, Sicily.
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World Space WeekWorld Space Week
The United Nations declared October 4-10 as World Space Week. These dates commemorate the launch of Sputnik in 1957 and the 1967 Outer Space Treaty.
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POPE OPENS VATICAN II:
October 11, 1962
Pope John XXIII convenes an ecumenical council of the Roman Catholic Church--the first in 92 years. In summoning the ecumenical council--a general meeting of the bishops of the church--the pope hoped to bring spiritual rebirth to Catholicism and cultivate greater unity with the other branches of Christianity.
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COLUMBUS REACHES THE NEW WORLD:
October 12, 1492
After sailing across the Atlantic Ocean, Italian explorer Christopher Columbus sights a Bahamian island, believing he has reached East Asia. His expedition went ashore the same day and claimed the land for Isabella and Ferdinand of Spain, who sponsored his attempt to find a western ocean route to China, India, and the fabled gold and spice islands of Asia.
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WHITE HOUSE CORNERSTONE LAID:
October 13, 1792
The cornerstone is laid for a presidential residence in the newly designated capital city of Washington. In 1800, President John Adams became the first president to reside in the executive mansion, which soon became known as the "White House" because its white-gray Virginia freestone contrasted strikingly with the red brick of nearby buildings
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MATA HARI EXECUTED:
October 15, 1917
Mata Hari, the archetype of the seductive female spy, is executed for espionage by a French firing squad at Vincennes outside of Paris.
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THE LONG MARCH:
October 16, 1934
The embattled Chinese Communists break through Nationalist enemy lines and begin an epic flight from their encircled headquarters in southwest China.
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OPEC ENACTS OIL EMBARGO:
October 17, 1973
The Arab-dominated Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) announces a decision to cut oil exports to the United States and other nations that provided military aid to Israel in the Yom Kippur War of October 1973.
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EDISON DIES:
October 18, 1931
Thomas Alva Edison, one of the most prolific inventors in history, dies in West Orange, New Jersey, at the age of 84.
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VICTORY AT YORKTOWN:
October 19, 1781
Hopelessly trapped at Yorktown, Virginia, British General Lord Cornwallis surrenders 8,000 British soldiers and seamen to a larger Franco-American force, effectively bringing an end to the American Revolution.
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MACARTHUR RETURNS:
October 20, 1944
After advancing island by island across the Pacific Ocean, U.S. General Douglas MacArthur wades ashore onto the Philippine island of Leyte, fulfilling his promise to return to the area he was forced to flee in 1942.
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VON BRAUN MOVES TO NASA:
October 21, 1959
President Dwight D. Eisenhower signs an executive order transferring the brilliant rocket designer Wernher von Braun and his team from the U.S. Army to the newly created National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). Von Braun, the mastermind of the U.S. space program, had developed the lethal V-2 rocket for Nazi Germany during World War II.
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CUBAN MISSILE CRISIS:
October 22, 1962
In a televised speech of extraordinary gravity, President John F. Kennedy announces that U.S. spy planes have discovered Soviet missile bases in Cuba.
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BEIRUT BARRACKS BLOWN UP:
October 23, 1983
A suicide bomber drives a truck packed with explosives into the U.S. Marine barracks in Beirut, killing 241 U.S. military personnel.
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BURTON BUYS LIZ A DIAMOND:
October 24, 1969
Movie star Richard Burton dazzles wife Elizabeth Taylor--and their legions of fans--when he buys her a 69-carat Cartier diamond ring costing $1.5 million. It was just another chapter in a tempestuous marriage that began on the Ides of March and continued thereafter in the public eye.
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United Nations Day
United Nations Day was established by Presidential Proclamation to commemorate the establishment of the United Nations in 1945.
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BATTLE OF AGINCOURT:
October 25, 1415
During the Hundred Years' War between England and France, Henry V, the young king of England, leads his forces to victory at the Battle of Agincourt in northern France
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ERIE CANAL OPENS:
October 26, 1825
The Erie Canal opens, connecting the Great Lakes with the Atlantic Ocean via the Hudson River.
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THEODORE ROOSEVELT BORN:
October 27, 1858
Theodore Roosevelt, the future 26th president of the United States, is born in New York City.
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STATUE OF LIBERTY DEDICATED:
October 28, 1886
The Statue of Liberty, a gift of friendship from the people of France to the people of the United States, is dedicated in New York Harbor by President Grover Cleveland.
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STOCK MARKET CRASHES:
October 29, 1929
Black Tuesday hits Wall Street as investors trade 16,410,030 shares on the New York Stock Exchange in a single day. Billions of dollars were lost, wiping out thousands of investors, and stock tickers ran hours behind because the machinery could not handle the tremendous volume of trading.
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WELLES SCARES NATION:
October 30, 1938
Orson Welles causes a nationwide panic with his broadcast of "War of the Worlds"--a realistic radio dramatization of a Martian invasion of Earth
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Taurids Meteor Shower Peak
The Taurids have been identified as a very old meteor stream. There are two branches of the Taurids active during its long duration in the Autumn months (or Spring months in the Southern Hemisphere).
The Northern Taurids are active from October 12 to December 2.
Maximum is also of long duration and extends over November 4-7 (solar longitude=221 deg-224 deg) from an average radiant of RA=54 deg, DEC=+21 deg.
The Southern Taurids are active during September 17 to November 27.
They reach maximum during October 30 to November 7 (solar longitude=216 deg-224 deg) from an average radiant of RA=53 deg, DEC=+12 deg.
* Peak November 3rd
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HOUDINI IS DEAD:
October 31, 1926
Harry Houdini, the most celebrated magician and escape artist of the 20th century, dies of peritonitis in a Detroit hospital.
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Taurids Meteor Shower Peak
The Taurids have been identified as a very old meteor stream. There are two branches of the Taurids active during its long duration in the Autumn months (or Spring months in the Southern Hemisphere).
The Northern Taurids are active from October 12 to December 2.
Maximum is also of long duration and extends over November 4-7 (solar longitude=221 deg-224 deg) from an average radiant of RA=54 deg, DEC=+21 deg.
The Southern Taurids are active during September 17 to November 27.
They reach maximum during October 30 to November 7 (solar longitude=216 deg-224 deg) from an average radiant of RA=53 deg, DEC=+12 deg.
* Peak November 3rd
More Information on Perseids Meteor Showers
More Information on Metor Showers
Photo of5 Perseids in a 9 minute exposure
Calendar of Leonids Meteor showers.
Calendar of Perseids Meteor showers.
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