October 27, 1904- The New York City subway began running from City Hall to West 145th Street, becoming the worlds first underground and underwater rail way system. October 28, 1949- President Harry Truman appointed Helen Anderson to be the Ambassador of Denmark, making her the first female ambassador. October 29, 1618- British explorer Sir Walter Raleigh was executed for treason under King James I. October 30, 1485- Henry VII gets crowned King of England at Westminster Abbey. October 31st- Today is Halloween or All Hollows Eve! The origin of Halloween can be traced back to the Celtic holiday of Samhain, which marked the end of the harvest season and the beginning of winter. It was though that the transition of the seasons was also bridging reality to the world of the dead allowing ghouls and ghost to roam the earth. November 1, 1993- The European Union came into existence from the Maastricht Treaty. November 2, 1721- Peter I was proclaimed Emperor of all Russias.
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October 20, 1935- Mao Zedong's 6,000 miles "Long March" ends after his communist forces reach Yanan, in northwest China, almost a year after fleeing Chiang Kai-shek's armies in the south. October 21, 1879- Thomas Edison successfully tested a electric incandescent lamp at his laboratory in Menlo Park, New Jersey. October 22, 1962- President John F. Kennedy appears on TV to inform the American population that Russia is holding missiles in Cuba. October 23, 1990- Ukrainian Prime Minister Vitaly Masol became the first high ranking Soviet official that quite due to public pressure: A mass group of students protested against him. October 24, 1922- The Irish Parliament voted to adapt a constitution for an Irish Free State, which was officially created in December. October 25, 1881- The artist Pablo Picasso was born in Malaga, Spain. October 26, 1955- Ngo Dinh Diem proclaimed South Vietnam as a republic and announced himself president. October 13, 1775- The U.S. Continental Congress ordered the construction of a Naval Fleet. October 14, 1964- Civil rights leader, Martin Luther King Jr. becomes the youngest person to except a Noble Peace Prize. October 15, 1946- Just hours before his scheduled execution, Hermann Goering, a Nazi leader, commits suicide by swallowing poison in his prison cells. October 16, 1964- China detonates its first nuclear bomb at the Lop Nor test site in Sinkiang. October 17, 1912- The 263rd Pope of the Roman Catholic Church, John Paul I, is born in Forno di Carnale, Italy. October 18, 1685- The Edict of Nantes gets revoked by French King Louis XIV, removing protestant religious and civil liberties. October 19, 1812- Napoleons forces begin their retreat from Moscow. October 6, 1927- "Jazz Singer", the first movie with a soundtrack, premieres in New York City. October 7, 1940- Durring WWII, Germany invades romania to seize oil fields. October 8, 1993- The UN General Assembly lifts economic sanctions, imposed since the 1960s, off of South Africa. October 9, 1962- Uganda gains independence after nearly 70 years of British rule. October 10, 1780- The Great Hurricane of 1780 kills somewhere between 20,000 to 30,000 people in the Caribbean. October 11, 1884- Eleanor Roosevelt was born in New York City and later became the wife to Franklin D. Roosevelt. October 12, 1960- Durring a debate over colonialism at the UN, Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev took of his shoe and pounded his desk repeatedly. |
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