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  1. 22nd October 1910: Dr. Hawley Crippen found guilty of murdering his wife, after being captured with the aid of wireless technology

    Publisert: 22.10.2024
  2. 21st October 1096: Battle of Civetot destroys the People’s Crusade at the start of the First Crusade

    Publisert: 21.10.2024
  3. 20th October 1818: Treaty of 1818 establishes the 49th parallel as the border between the United States and British North America

    Publisert: 20.10.2024
  4. 19th October 1864: Confederate soldiers rob three banks in the St. Albans Raid in the northernmost land action of the American Civil War

    Publisert: 19.10.2024
  5. 18th October 1963: Félicette becomes the first cat in space when she is launched as part of a French mission

    Publisert: 18.10.2024
  6. 17th October 1933: Einstein moves to the USA after Hitler becomes Chancellor of Germany

    Publisert: 17.10.2024
  7. 16th October 1793: Marie Antoinette executed by guillotine in the Place de la Revolution in Paris

    Publisert: 16.10.2024
  8. 15th October 1783: Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier conducts the first manned hot air balloon flight

    Publisert: 15.10.2024
  9. 14th October 1066: The Battle of Hastings fought between Duke William II of Normandy and the Anglo-Saxon king Harold Godwinson

    Publisert: 14.10.2024
  10. 13th October 1792: Cornerstone of the White House laid in Washington, D.C.

    Publisert: 13.10.2024
  11. 12th October 1931: The Christ the Redeemer statue officially opened in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

    Publisert: 12.10.2024
  12. 11th October 1975: Saturday Night Live is broadcast for the first time

    Publisert: 11.10.2024
  13. 10th October 1903: Foundation of Women’s Social & Political Union, known as the Suffragettes

    Publisert: 10.10.2024
  14. 9th October 1410: The Prague Astronomical Clock first noted in a medieval document

    Publisert: 9.10.2024
  15. 8th October 1912: First Balkan War begins when the Kingdom of Montenegro declares war on the Ottoman Empire

    Publisert: 8.10.2024
  16. 7th October 1913: Ford Motor Company introduces the world’s first moving assembly line at its Highland Park plant in Michigan

    Publisert: 7.10.2024
  17. 6th October 1981: Egyptian President Anwar Sadat assassinated by terrorists

    Publisert: 6.10.2024
  18. 5th October 1789: The October Days begin when a crowd of Parisian women march to the Palace of Versailles to demand food

    Publisert: 5.10.2024
  19. 4th October 1535: Myles Coverdale finishes printing the first complete English translation of the Bible

    Publisert: 4.10.2024
  20. 3rd October 1935: Italian forces invade Ethiopia, triggering the Second Italo-Ethiopian War

    Publisert: 3.10.2024

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