Wednesday, October 31, 2012

Tuesday, October 30, 2012

31 October 1998

Iraq announces it is not going to cooperate with United Nations weapons

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Monday, October 29, 2012

30 October 1974

Rumble in the Jungle boxing match between Muhammad Ali and George Foreman in

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Sunday, October 28, 2012

29 October 1998

A nightclub fire in Gothenburg, Sweden results in 63

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Saturday, October 27, 2012

28 October 1922

Benito Mussolini leads a march on Rome and takes over the Italian

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Friday, October 26, 2012

27 October 2005

Riots starts in Paris after two Muslim teens are

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Thursday, October 25, 2012

26 October 1881

The Gunfight at the O.K. Corral at Tombstone, Arizona takes

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Wednesday, October 24, 2012

25 October 2009

Bombings in Baghdad kills 155 and wounds at least

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Tuesday, October 23, 2012

24 October 1360

The Treaty of Brétigny is ratified at Calais, ending the first phase of the Hundred Years'

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Monday, October 22, 2012

23 October 2002

Chechen terrorists seize the House of Culture theater in

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Sunday, October 21, 2012

22 October 1907

A run on the shares of the Knickerbocker Trust Company sets events in motion that will lead to a depression in the "Panic of

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Saturday, October 20, 2012

21 October 1966

A slag pile collapses on the village of Aberfan in Wales, killing 144

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Friday, October 19, 2012

Thursday, October 18, 2012

19 October 1813

The Battle of Leipzig end with Napoleon Bonaparte being

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Wednesday, October 17, 2012

18 October 1009

The Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem was destroyed by the Fatimid caliph Al-Hakim bi-Amr

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Tuesday, October 16, 2012

17 October 1964

The artificial, Lake Burley Griffin in the middle of Canberra is

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Monday, October 15, 2012

16 October 1975

The Australian Coalition opposition parties using their senate majority, vote to defer the decision to grant supply of funds for the Whitlam Government's annual

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Sunday, October 14, 2012

15 October 1888

The "From Hell" letter sent by Jack the Ripper is received by the police.

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Saturday, October 13, 2012

14 October 2006

A brawl between football players from the University of Miami and the Florida International University leads to suspensions of 31

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Friday, October 12, 2012

Thursday, October 11, 2012

12 October 1979

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy is first

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Wednesday, October 10, 2012

11 October 1972

A race riot occurs on the United States Navy aircraft carrier Kitty

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Tuesday, October 9, 2012

10 October 2008

A suicide bomber in Orakza kills 110 and injures over

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Monday, October 8, 2012

9 October 1919

The Cincinnati Reds win the World Series, but there is a

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Sunday, October 7, 2012

8 October 1969

The opening rally of the Days of Rage takes place in Chicago,

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Saturday, October 6, 2012

7 October 2001

The U.S. invades Afghanistan with an air assault and covert operations on the

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Friday, October 5, 2012

6 October 1973

Egypt launches an attack with Syria against Israel leading to the Yom Kippur

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Thursday, October 4, 2012

5 October 1969

The first episode of Monty Python's Flying Circus is shown on the

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Wednesday, October 3, 2012

Tuesday, October 2, 2012

3 October 1993

18 US soldiers and around 1,000 Somalis are killed in fighting in

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Monday, October 1, 2012