This Day in History.

OCT. 3rd

1942 U.S.A. Scrap Days: A new war effort has started across the country with the new initiative of " scrap days " encouraging every American to help the war effort by giving scrap consisting of metal and old clothing to the nearest scrap merchant who will then be able to provide much needed raw materials for the war effort.

1921 Russia Famine: One of the worst famines in modern times is gripping Russia due to the failure of crops and refugees are traveling the country trying to find food before the winter sets in fully. Together with low food supplies Black Typhus is taking a large toll including killing 4 out of each 10 doctors trying to help treat the disease.

1928 U.S.A. Taxicab War: The ongoing Taxicab war in Chicago is increasing in intensity as Two Yellow Cab Garages were bombed with dynamite this week.

1932 Iraq Independence: Iraq, became a sovereign State gaining full independence from Great Britain.

1942 World War II V2 Rocket: Germany tests it's latest rocket the V2 for the first time which travels 118 miles, In 1944 Germany launched over a thousand of these rockets against Great Britain killing thousands due to little warning or de fences against it.

1944 Poland Freedom Fighters: Following German occupation of Poland very early in the war in 1939, Polish freedom fighters had been fighting the Germans in the streets of Warsaw since August hoping the allies would arrive in the country soon but on October 3rd they are forced to surrender when food supplies and arms and ammunition run out. After the fighting ended German troops razed the city to the ground, during the uprising it is estimated over 250,000 people were killed.

1952 Great Britain Tea Rations: Tea rationing ends after 12 years in Great Britain a nation of tea drinkers . Sweets, Meat , Eggs, Butter and sugar are still on ration.

1952 Great Britain Atomic Bomb: Great Britain tests its first atomic bomb at the Monte Bello Islands, off the northwest coast of Australia. Tea rationing ends after 12 years in Great Britain a nation of tea drinkers.

1955 U.S.A. The Mickey Mouse Club: "The Mickey Mouse Club" begins on ABC (American Broadcasting Company).

1961 U.S.A. Strike: The United Auto Workers (UAW) calls for a company wide strike against Ford Motor Company.

1964 Germany Escape Tunnel Berlin: Berliners dig a 470-foot tunnel between East and West Berlin (Tunnel 57) which allows 57 east Berliners to escape to the west.

1964 U.S.A. Buffalo Wings: The first Buffalo Wings (deep fried chicken wings coated with vinegar based cayenne pepper hot sauce and margarine or butter) are made at the Anchor Bar in Buffalo, New York HENCE THE NAME.

1968 Mexico Student Riots: Army Tanks and soldiers were in the bloodiest battle yet with students in Mexico city just 10 days before the city hosts the Olympic Games on 12th October.

1976 Mexico La Paz: Rescue teams have now arrived at La Paz, Mexico area and are digging through blankets of mud searching for survivors, but most of those found are dead and the total now exceeds 700 but the total is expected to exceed 1000, 70,000 of the 85,000 inhabitants are now homeless as most lived in shanty towns with thatched rooves.

1981 Northern Ireland IRA Hunger Strike: The seven month Irish Republican hunger strike at the Maze prison that claimed 10 lives ended without the British Government granting Political Status to prisoners who are members of the IRA.

1985 Space Atlantis: The space shuttle Atlantis was launched on its maiden voyage , carrying two military communications satellites in a mission dedicated to the US Department of Defense.

1985 South Africa Soweto: The continued defiance of the South African government by school children against apartheid policies as tens of thousands of students refuse to return to schools in black townships including Soweto.

1990 Germany East and West Combine: Germany is now reunited as a single country as east and west Germany unite ending 45 years of division following World War II and the cold war that followed.

1995 U.S.A. O.J. Simpson: Former football player and actor O.J. Simpson was found 'not guilty' for the murders of his ex-wife, Nicole Brown, and her friend, Ronald Goldman.

1999 U.S.A. Anti-ballistic Missile System Tested: The US has successfully tested a new anti-missile defense system designed to destroy incoming intercontinental missiles. The National Missile Defense (NMD) Programme is designed to protect the United States from an incoming long range intercontinental missile warhead carrying a weapon of mass destruction by destroying the missile high up in the atmosphere.

2002 U.S.A. Sniper Attacks: Five more people are killed in random shootings in the Washington, D.C., area and authorities began to search for the "Beltway Sniper."

2003 U.S.A. Siegfried & Roy: A white tiger used in their illusion act attacks Roy Horn of the duo "Siegfried & Roy" during a performance in Las Vegas, leaving him partially paralyzed.

2007 U.S.A. Hillary Clinton: The latest polls for the democratic nominee put Hillary Clinton 12 points ahead of her main rival Barack Obama, many think the race for the Democratic nomination is over as the Clinton Juggernaut continues on it's way.

2008 U.S.A. $700 billion bailout: The $700 billion bailout/Rescue package bill (Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008) is signed into law by President Bush. The bill was the result of the meltdown of financial institutions who had been making large losses on mortgage-backed securities caused by the subprime mortgage crisis due to the large drops in property values in the United States.

OCT. 4th

1919 U.S.A. 1919 World Series: By the 4th game of the 1919 World Series between the champion Chicago White Sox and Cincinnati Reds. Questions were already being asked re "Is The 1919 Series Fixed" which the Cincinnati Reds won.

1921 U.S.A. Tuberculosis: A new report from state officials confirms that the number of deaths caused by Tuberculosis continues to rise in State of Michigan.

1927 U.S.A. Mount Rushmore: Work begins by sculptor Gutzon Borglum on the face of Mount Rushmore in the Black Hills National Forest of South Dakota.

1933 U.S.A. 18th Amendment: Seven new states will hold referendums in the next month including Florida, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, Kentucky for repeal of the 18th Amendment to change from dry states to wet states which will allow alcohol to be sold once again, it is believed the majority will vote in favor of repealing the law.

1942 World War II Taxes: The chairman of the Finance Committee told the senate today that the American people would have to pay a total of $36,500,000,000 in taxes to pay for the war effort and demands for a sales tax to finance this are gathering pace.

1954 U.S.A. Marilyn Monroe: Marilyn Monroe the worlds number 1 pin up girl has announced her intention to obtain a divorce from one of the worlds finest baseball players Joe Dimaggio on the grounds of mental cruelty.

1957 Space Space Race: The Space Race begins when the Soviet Union launches the first artificial satellite SPUTNIK , To put this in to context Sputnik weighed 184lbs and measured 22inches in diameter and circled the earth every 1hr and 36 minutes.

1965 U.S.A. Pope Paul VI: Pope Paul VI becomes the first Pope to visit the United States when he lands in New York and addressed the United Nations pleading for peace in Vietnam.

1969 China Hydrogen Bomb: China has announced a hydrogen bomb was recently tested in the western region of the Chinese mainland and the country had completed its first underground nuclear explosion.

1970 U.S.A. Janis Joplin: Janis Joplin, is found dead caused by an accidental overdose of heroin.

1970 U.S.A. Kent State University: A presidential task force that looked into the Ohio National Guard's fatal shooting of four students and wounding of nine others at Kent State University last May 4 have said that the National Guard's 61 shots within a 13-second period was a serious error.

1976 U.S.A. Barbara Walters: Barbara Walters starts earning her $1,000,000 salary tonight when she joins anchorman Harry Reasoner on the ABC evening news.

1976 UK Inter-City 125: British Rail begins its Inter-City 125 MPH High Speed Train service between London -Bristol - Cardiff.

1977 India Indira Gandhi: Former Prime Minister of India Indira Gandhi was released after spending 16 hours in police custody for charges of political corruption.

1985 U.S.A. Unemployment: The latest unemployment figures released show that the unemployment rate is now at 7.1% with unemployment in the black sector now reaching 15.3% , this is part of a continuing trend that worries both government officials.

1992 Holland Plane Crash: An Israeli cargo jet suffering from engine problems crashes into an apartment building close to the airport in Amsterdam, Holland killing approximately 100 people in the apartment building.

1993 Soviet Union Rebels: Rebel parliamentarians led by Vice President Aleksandr Rutskoi and Chairman Ruslan Khasbulatov surrender to Russian President Boris Yeltsin after he brings in tanks to surround the Russian White House parliament building.

1997 U.S.A. Loomis, Fargo and Company Robbery: An insider job at an office of Loomis, Fargo and Company results in the robbery of $17.3 million in cash.

2000 UK Last Mini Rolls Off Production Line: After more than 40 years of production and over 5 million minis sold the last mini is driven off the production line at the Longbridge plant in Birmingham by 60s Icon Lulu today.

2002 U.S.A. John Walker Lindh: John Walker Lindh is sentenced to 20 years in prison by a federal judge in Alexandria, Va. John Phillip Walker Lindh was captured during the 2001 invasion of Afghanistan while serving in the Taliban army, he was a US citizen and tried in a US court.

2006 United States Wiccan Symbols: A group of Wiccans decided to sue the United States government over the right to place their religious symbol on graves in military cemeteries.

2008 United States Jobs: The latest Labor Department's figures show American companies are shedding shops at the fastest rate in the last 5 years with 159,000 jobs lost in September.

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OCT. 5th

1910 Portugal Republic: Portugal established a republic after the Portuguese monarchy is ousted by revolutionaries.

1925 U.S.A. Grand Ole Opry: The Grand Ole Opry a weekly country music radio program broadcast live on WSM radio in Nashville, Tennessee launches on the WSM Radio Station.

1928 China Fossils: The American Museum of Natural History has returned to Peking with a wealth of fossils from animals never seen before from outer Mongolia, they had been in constant battles with Chinese outlaws trying to get the food, supplies and cars that the expedition had but they managed to out wit and outrun the outlaws using brain work and the much faster cars than the outlaws horses.

1930 Great Britain Airship: Great Britons largest dirigible the R-101 Airship crashes in Beauvais, France, killing all on board.

1933 U.S.A. Machine Gun Kelly: Machine Gun Kelly has pleaded not guilty to charges of a being a co conspirator in the Urschel kidnapping.

1947 U.S.A. President Harry Truman: President Harry Truman delivered the first televised presidential address from the White House.

1948 Turkmenistan Ashgabat earthquake Kills 100,000: An earthquake measuring magnitude 7.3 strikes Ashgabat and surrounding villages flattening all buildings leaving more than 100,000 people dead.

1954 Yugoslavia Trieste: Yugoslavia and Italy have ended their 9 year bitter dispute over the Trieste free territory and have agreed to split it between them with Italy getting control of the Adriatic port of Trieste and Yugoslavia retaining the zone she has occupied since the end of the last World War.

1962 Germany Berlin Wall: East German guards shot a man with tommy gun blasts on the eastern side of the Berlin Wall and would not allow ambulances from the red cross on the western side to approach even though the man was screaming in pain, the incident took place about 3 miles from checkpoint Charlie.

1962 UK Beatles First Single: The Beatles release their first single in the UK "Love Me Do" (released on a 45RPM Single Format on Parlophone Label) which gets to number seventeen. It was later released in the US on 27th April, 1964 and goes to Number 1.

1969 UK Monty Python's Flying Circus: Monty Python's Flying Circus makes its debut on BBC Television, there were only 45 episodes aired over four seasons featuring the zany comedy sketches with John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Graham Chapman, Terry Jones, Michael Palin, Eric Idle. Some of the sketches are still considered to be some of the greatest comedy skits including;Dead Parrot with a disgruntled customer (played by John Cleese) and a shopkeeper (Michael Palin) complaining that his parrot is DEAD, Ministry of Silly Walks from the ministry of funny walks featuring John Cleese.

1974 UK Guildford Bombing: IRA plant bombs in two pubs in Guildford in southern England, The pubs are mostly frequented by soldiers back from duty in Northern Ireland.

1986 U.S.A. Iran Contra scandal: The first leak concerning the Iran Contra scandal occurs when Eugene Hasenfus is captured by troops of the Sandinista regime in Nicaragua where he confesses that he was shipping military supplies into Nicaragua for use by the Contras, that had been created and funded by the United States and run by the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA).

1986 Israel Secret Nuclear Weapons: The British newspaper The Sunday Times ran an Israeli former nuclear technician Mordechai Vanunu's story reavealing the secrets of Israel's nuclear arsenal, possibly which included as many as 100 nuclear warheads. Mordechai Vanunu is later kidnapped in Rome by Israeli agents and smuggled to Israel, where he was tried for treason and espionage and sentenced to 18 years in prison.

1989 Tibet Dalai Lama: The Dalai Lama, exiled spiritual and political leader of Tibet, won the Nobel Peace Prize for shunning violence and seeking liberation from China for his Himalayan nation through peaceful means.

1994 Switzerland Solar Tradition Cult: Forty Eight members of the Order of the Solar Tradition Cult committed suicide to escape the hypocrisies and oppression of this world.

1999 UK Train Crash Paddington: Two trains collide near Paddington Station in west London at the height of the morning rush hour. There are so far 8 confirmed dead, 40 seriously injured and 200 with minor injuries. ( It was later confirmed that 31 died in the accident which was caused by one of the trains going through a red stop light )

1999 Mexico Village of Teziutlan Buried In Mudslide: The small Mexican village of Teziutlan is buried by mud and rocks caused by torrential rains, rescuers on the scene have estimated that between 60 and 80 homes are completely buried.

2000 Yugoslavia Vojislav Kostunica President: Opposition supporters have stormed the Yugoslav parliament in Belgrade proclaiming Vojislav Kostunica as the new Yugoslav president. The anger and demonstrations were over Milošević's rejection of a first-round opposition victory in elections for the Federal parliament and presidency in September which led to mass demonstrations in Belgrade culminating in the storming of the Parliament building.

2001 U.S.A. Anthrax: Concerns over the threat of an increase in biological attack by terrorists increased when a Florida man died after opening a letter containing anthrax bacteria sent through the US Postal Service.

2005 U.S.A. Tom DeLay: Former U.S. House Majority Leader Tom DeLay is indicted by a grand jury on two new charges of money laundering following his indictment by a separate grand jury on criminal conspiracy charges last week.

2006 Germany Mass Graves Found: Fifty-one skeletons, twenty-nine adults and twenty-two children, were found in a mass grave in a cemetery at a Catholic church in Menden-Barge, Germany. The remains are believed to be from victims of the Nazi-era euthanasia program, “Action T4”, and one witness stated that during World War II, he saw bodies being brought to the site by a horse-drawn cart.

2007 China Product Recalls: China Exports especially Children's toys continue to be subject to recall both in the United States and Europe due to potential risks due to excessive lead paint content, toys recalled include keychains, Halloween tumblers, toy blocks, wooden toys, baby rattles, bookmarks and bracelets.

OCT. 6th.

1926 U.S.A. Babe Ruth: Babe Ruth sets new record in World Series with three home runs and a 10-5 win over the Cardinals.

1927 U.S.A. "The Jazz Singer": The Jazz Singer premiered in New York bringing to a close the era of silent movies and the sound and music era begins.

1933 Yugoslavia Balkans: In a meeting that would have been considered historic before changes , the Kings of Yugoslavia, Bulgaria and Rumania are to meet to discuss problems in the Balkans.

1949 East Germany Soviet Union Creates: The Soviet Union creates the Democratic Republic of Germany ( East Germany ) within the Soviet occupation zone.

1953 British Guiana Uprising: Naval and military forces are on their way to British Guiana in response to a threat to the administration of the British colony after the left-wing People's Progressive Party victory.

1955 U.S.A. Plane Crash: A United Airlines DC-4 crashed into a Wyoming mountain peak, killing all 66 people on board.

1961 U.S.A. Build Bomb Shelters: President John F. Kennedy advises American families to build bomb shelters to protect them from atomic fallout in the event of a nuclear war. Many Americans did prepare for nuclear war by buying up canned goods and building backyard bomb shelters.

1966 U.S.A. Price Fixing: 15 manufacturers of bathroom fixtures are indicted for price fixing by violating the restraint-of-trade section of the Sherman Antitrust Act.

1966 U.S.A. LSD: The hallucinogic drug LSD is declared illegal in the United States. LSD is a Schedule I drug making it illegal to manufacture, buy, possess, process or distribute LSD without a DEA license.

1968 Czechoslovakia Soviet Pull Out: The Czechoslovakia defense minister has announced after meeting the Soviet Union defense minister that most of the Soviet led occupation force in Czechoslovakia will be pulled out by the end of October.

1973 Israel Yom Kippur War: Egyptian and Syrian forces launch a coordinated attack against Israel on Yom Kippur, beginning the Yom Kippur War. They were hoping to gain back territory lost during the earlier Arab Israeli war in 1967

1976 Thailand Rioting: The Thailand defense minister seized power today after fighting between leftist and rightist forces following the return of Thailand former military dictator caused mass rioting on the streets with a number of public hangings by rioters, in a press statement he said he took power to stop communist agitators from continuing the unrest, and marshal law will now be instituted to bring back law and order to the streets signalling the return to military rule.

1979 U.S.A. Pope John Paul II: Pope John Paul II visits the White House meeting the US President Carter and his family.

1981 Egypt Anwar Sadat Assassinated: President Anwar Sadat was assassinated while viewing a military parade in a Cairo suburb.

1985 UK Rioting Broadwater Farm: Rioting continues at the Broadwater Farm housing estate in Tottenham, North London after the death of a local resident Cynthia Jarrett who died of heart failure after four policemen burst into her home during a raid. For the first time in the UK shots have been fired during a riot.

1985 French Polynesia Greenpeace: Greenpeace are to take their new flagship which replaces the Rainbow Warrior blown up by French agents on July 10th in New Zealand to lead a number of other protesters to Mururoa Atoll, protesting against the French Nuclear testing in the South Pacific, A number of French warships are also patrolling the area.

1989 France Bette Davis: The Academy Award winning Actress Bette Davis died in Paris of Cancer

2000 Yugoslavia Milosevic: Slobodan Milosevic, President of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia has resigned, following mounting pressure to quit over allegations of vote-rigging.

2002 Ivory Coast Rebel Fighting: Rebel forces in the Ivory Coast are gaining additional ground from the Ivory Coast troops and now have control of much of the North. The rebels are calling for the overthrow of President Gbagbo. Like many of the rebel uprisings in Africa child fighters as young as 11 and 12 are being found amongst rebel troops.

2003 United Nations Report The Challenge Of Slums: A new report by UN-Habitat provides startling numbers of the number of Slum Dwellers around the world with 3.5 billion ( 31.6% ) of the worlds population living in slum conditions. The highest percentage of those living in squalor in slums with no fresh water or sanitation are in Sub-Saharan Africa.

2007 UK Around the world in 13 years: Jason Lewis completes the self-powered trip to circumnavigate the globe which he had begun from Greenwich, London in July, 1994 .

2008 World Finance Meltdown Effects Around The World: Following the bailout by the US of the American Finance Industry other countries around the world are facing similar problems From Iceland to Germany as governments around the world have to decide if they should let large and small finance companies go bust or provide bailouts.

OCT. 7th.

1919 Netherlands KLM Founded: KLM Royal Dutch Airlines of the Netherlands is founded, it's first flight is the following year from London Croydon to Amsterdam Schiphol Airport for journalists, and it begins scheduled flights in 1921. It is the oldest airline still operating under its original name.

1921 U.S.A. Ku Klux Klan: State officials in Texas are considering a ban on parades by the Ku Klux Klan because of the clans incitement of violence against any non Americans including Jews and Negroes.

1928 Germany Dual: Two students from the Latvian University have died after a Dual of Honor with pistols in a nearby forest, the dual was sanctioned by the court of honor of the students corporation .

1942 World War II War Effort: Children in every school in the country have been bringing in 10lbs of metal scrap or more this week and hundreds of thousands of scrap metal are now on their way to helping make the the tools our fighting men need to finish the job.

1954 U.S.A. Racketeering: Following the investigation by the Federal Grand Jury on racketeering in Chicago the first indictments have been served for charges on four union agents of extortion of large sums of money from poultry dealers in Chicago's Fulton market.

1959 England Southend Pier: The Pavilion at the end of the world's longest pleasure pier at Southend on Sea is gutted by the fire and three hundred people are rescued by sea.

1963 U.S.A. Learjet: The first prototype Learjet a mass produced business jet takes off in Wichita, Kansas on it's maiden test flight.

1968 India Floods: Devastating floods and landslides caused through torrential rain is now believed to have claimed the lives of over 1000 in the Sub Himalayan Region, and now the threat of major famine through the loss of crops has been made worse because there is no safe drinking water in some towns including Darjeeling, many hundreds of thousands of refugees are now looking for help and assistance.

1982 U.S.A. Musical "Cats" Opens On Broadway: Following it's success in London (1981) , The Musical "Cats" Opens at the Winter Garden Theatre On Broadway with Betty Buckley as Grizabella. The show runs for a total of 7,485 performances in New York ending it's run on September 10 2000.

1985 England Tottenham Riots: Roving bands of youths continue to riot in areas of London including Peckham, Tottenham and Brixton setting shops and businesses on fire and overturning cars, they are now armed with Machetes and shotguns.

1985 Egypt Achille Lauro: Four Palestinian terrorists members of the Palestine Liberation Front (PLF), the terrorist wing of the Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO) board the Italian cruise ship Achille Lauro in order to hijack the luxury liner and it's passengers.

2000 England Wembley Stadium: England play their last match at the old Wembley stadium before it is due to be demolished to make way for the new Wembley Stadium.

2001 Afghanistan US Attacks Taliban: Following the terrorist attack on the Twin Towers and the Pentagon a U.S.-led coalition begins attacks on Taliban-controlled Afghanistan with an intense bombing campaign by American and British forces hoping to locate and destroy the terrorist Osama bin Laden’s al-Qaida organization

2001 U.S.A. Barry Bonds Record Breaking 73 home runs: Barry Bonds hits his final home run of the season creating a new Record Breaking 73 home runs in one season against Dennis Springer of the Los Angeles Dodgers.

2003 U.S.A. Gov. Gray Davis: The Governor of California Gray Davis becomes the second governor to be recalled (mismanagement of the state budget) in American history first was (North Dakota's Lynn J. Frazier 1921).

2006 Russia Anna Politkovskaya Found Dead: Respected Russian journalist and human rights activist, Anna Politkovskaya, was found dead after being shot in an elevator in her apartment complex in Moscow. The journalist was known for exposing human rights abuses by the Russian military in Chechnya.

2007 Cuba Train Crash: Some twenty-eight people died after a train and a bus crashed in Cuba. Over seventy people were also injured in the incident.

2008 United States US Presidential Hopefulls Debate: Barack Obama and John McCain have a town hall-style debate dominated by the financial crisis and foreign policy.

You forgot to mention that 15 years ago today, the American public finally got a news network that wasn't slanted to the left.

October 9: General Interest
1967: Che Guevara is executed

On this day in 1967, socialist revolutionary and guerilla leader Che Guevara, age 39, is killed by the Bolivian army. The U.S.-military-backed Bolivian forces captured Guevara on October 8 while battling his band of guerillas in Bolivia and assassinated him the following day. His hands were cut off as proof of death and his body was buried in an unmarked grave. In 1997, Guevara's remains were found and sent back to Cuba, where they were reburied in a ceremony attended by President Fidel Castro and thousands of Cubans.

Ernesto Rafael Guevara de la Serna was born to a well-off family in Argentina in 1928. While studying medicine at the University of Buenos Aires, he took time off to travel around South America on a motorcycle; during this time, he witnessed the poverty and oppression of the lower classes. He received a medical degree in 1953 and continued his travels around Latin America, becoming involved with left-wing organizations. In the mid 1950s, Guevara met up with Fidel Castro and his group of exiled revolutionaries in Mexico. Guevara played a key role in Castro's seizure of power from Cuban dictator Fulgencio Batista in 1959 and later served as Castro's right-hand man and minister of industry. Guevara strongly opposed U.S. domination in Latin America and advocated peasant-based revolutions to combat social injustice in Third World countries. Castro later described him as "an artist of revolutionary warfare."

Guevara resigned-some say he was dismissed-from his Cuban government post in April 1965, possibly over differences with Castro about the nation's economic and foreign policies. Guevara then disappeared from Cuba, traveled to Africa and eventually resurfaced in Bolivia, where he was killed. Following his death, Guevara achieved hero status among people around the world as a symbol of anti-imperialism and revolution. A 1960 photo taken by Alberto Korda of Guevara in a beret became iconic and has since appeared on countless posters and T-shirts. However, not everyone considers Guevara a hero: He is accused, among other things, of ordering the deaths of hundreds of people in Cuban prisons during the revolution.

American Revolution
1775 : Lord Dartmouth orders British officers to North Carolina
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/lord-dartmouth-orders-british-officers-to-north-carolina

Automotive
1992 : Meteorite crashes into Chevy Malibu
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/meteorite-crashes-into-chevy-malibu

Civil War
1864 : Union cavalry defeat Rebels at the Battle of Tom's Brook
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/battle-of-toms-brook

Cold War
1967 : Professional revolutionary "Che" Guevara is executed in Bolivia
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/professional-revolutionary-che-guevara-is-executed-in-bolivia

Crime
1942 : A Chicago bootlegger escapes from prison
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/a-chicago-bootlegger-escapes-from-prison

Disaster
1963 : Landslide kills thousands in Italy
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/landslide-kills-thousands-in-italy

General Interest

1635 : Rhode Island founder banished from Massachusetts
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/rhode-island-founder-banished-from-massachusetts

1940 : St. Paul's Cathedral bombed
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/st-pauls-cathedral-bombed

1974 : Oskar Schindler dies
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/oskar-schindler-dies

1975 : Sakharov wins Peace Prize
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/sakharov-wins-peace-prize

Hollywood
2001 : Footloose, Steel Magnolias director Herbert Ross dies
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/footloose-steel-magnolias-director-herbert-ross-dies

Literary
1547 : Miguel de Cervantes is baptized
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/miguel-de-cervantes-is-baptized

Old West
1936 : Hoover Dam begins transmitting electricity to Los Angeles
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/hoover-dam-begins-transmitting-electricity-to-los-angeles

Presidential
1869 : President Grant announces death of former President Pierce
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/president-grant-announces-death-of-former-president-pierce

Sports
1934 : The Gashouse Gang wins the World Series
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/the-gashouse-gang-wins-the-world-series

Vietnam War
1969 : The National Guard breaks up protests at home
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/the-national-guard-breaks-up-protests-at-home
1970 : Khmer Republic proclaimed in Cambodia
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/khmer-republic-proclaimed-in-cambodia

World War I
1915 : Belgrade falls to Austria-Hungary
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/belgrade-falls-to-austria-hungary

World War II
1944 : Churchill and Stalin confer
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/churchill-and-stalin-confer

OCT. 10th.

1913 Panama, Panama Canal:The Panama Canal officially joined the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific ocean when the Gamboa dike was demolished with charges of dynamite.

1922 Mexico Oil Supplies:America has long been the worlds largest supplier of oil but many believe the oil reserves will be depleted in America in 25 years while oil reserves in Mexico may well be bigger and last longer with current estimates at 40 years of reserves and it is believed they have the largest oil reserves in the world , American Oil companies continue to work with the Mexican Government to develop these new oil fields but they are facing stiff competition from British and French Oil companies .

1939 World War II French lines:After five weeks of war German attacks on French lines are increasing daily but the French are continuing to hold using hand grenades against the Germans, many believe the current attacks are a prelude to a full scale German invasion force.

1944 World War II Auschwitz: 800 Gypsy children, are murdered when they are gassed to death at Auschwitz concentration camps. As well as Jews the Nazi party had decided Gypsies should also be exterminated and Approximately 1.5 million Gypsies were murdered by the Nazis.

1957 United Kingdom World's First Nuclear Accident Windscale: Part of the radioactive core at pile 1 at Windscale Nuclear Plant in West Cumbria used to make to make weapons-grade plutonium was on fire and as there had never been a similar experience it was a best guess as to how to distinguish the fire, but a combination of water pumped in to the reactor and turning off the air supply to the reactor worked.

1964 Japan Olympics: The Summer Olympics open in Japan when Emperor Hirohito of Japan opened the 18th Olympic Games in Tokyo .

1966 U.S.A. Embargo South Africa: A committee of the General Assembly of The United nations approved by a wide margin a resolution condemning racial discrimination and urged all nations to support economic, diplomatic and an arms embargo against South Africa.

1967 U.S.A. / Soviet Union The Outer Space Treaty comes into force: Treaty on Principles Governing the Activities of States in the Exploration and Use of Outer Space, Including the Moon and Other Celestial Bodies signed by the United States and the Soviet Union
Re: Military Use: An undertaking not to place in orbit around the Earth, install on the moon or any other celestial body, or otherwise station in outer space, nuclear or any other weapons of mass destruction.
It limits the use of the moon and other celestial bodies exclusively to peaceful purposes and expressly prohibits their use for military use.
Ownership: Inspired by the great prospects opening up before mankind as a result of mans entry into outer space, Recognizing the common interest of all mankind in the progress of the exploration and use of outer space for peaceful purposes, Believing that the exploration and use of outer space should be carried on for the benefit of all peoples irrespective of the degree of their economic or scientific development.

1970 Canada Kidnap: The Quebec Liberation Front (FLQ), a militant separatist group, kidnaps Quebec labor minister Pierre Laporte in Montreal. The Canadian Prime Minister believing the situation to be out of control agrees to send troops to the French Canadian province to help maintain order and proclaiming the War Powers Act, under which the FLQ was banned, some civil liberties were suspended, and thousands of troops were sent.

1971 U.S.A. London Bridge: After being removed from over the Thames in London and shipped all the way to Arizona and then reconstructed London Bridge reopened today in Lake Havasu City, Arizona .

1973 U.S.A. Spiro Agnew: Vice President Spiro Agnew resigns in disgrace over charges of federal income tax evasion .

1973 Middle East Arab Israeli War: On the fifth day of the Arab -- Israeli war Iraq has joined in on the Arab side and pressure is now being bought to bear for the United States to combat aid to Israel as the Arab forces now have the upper hand with missiles able to shoot Israeli planes out of the air.

1975 Botswana Elizabeth Taylor: Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor secretly remarry in Africa only 16 months after getting divorced.

1978 U.S.A. Dollar Coin: President Carter signed a bill authorizing the likeness of suffragette Susan B. Anthony on one side of the new dollar coin, and the Apollo moon landing on the other.

1980 Algeria Earthquake: Two earthquakes have struck the northern Algerian town of El Asnam. Current Reports estimate up to 20,000 had died and many tens of thousands have been injured or are missing.

1980 England Conservative Party Conference: At the Conservative party conference in Brighton Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher acknowledges the high number of unemployed, but stressed her determination to stick to tough economic policies and told the party faithful " The lady's not for turning " .

1983 Lebanon Cease Fire: In an effort to keep the cease fire in Lebanon Italian and Greek troops have been assigned and accepted to supervise the cease fire on behalf of the United Nations and if more are needed Yugoslavia will provide additional observers .

1985 Sicily Achille Lauro cruise ship hijackers arrested: The Egyptian commercial airliner carrying the Achille Lauro cruise ship hijackers is intercepted by United States Navy F-14A Tomcat fighter jets and forced to land at the NATO base in Sigonella, Sicily where the hijackers are arrested by Italian authorities.

1986 El Salvador Earthquake: An earthquake measuring 7.5 on the Richter Scale strikes San Salvador the capital city of El Salvador, killing an estimated 1,500 people.

1991 U.S.A. Postal: Former U.S. postal worker Joseph Harris kills two former co workers at the post office in Ridgewood, New Jersey. The night before, Harris had killed his former supervisor, Carol Ott, with a three-foot samurai sword, and shot her fiance, Cornelius Kasten, in their home.

1999 UK London Eye: Thousands assemble to watch a giant Ferris wheel (One of the UK's Largest Millennium Projects) move into position as a new landmark on the London skyline the South Bank of London between Waterloo station and Westminster Bridge. The Millennium Wheel, better known now as the London Eye.

2002 U.S.A. Bush can unilaterally declare war on Iraq: The US House of Representatives has voted to authorize President George W Bush to unilaterally declare war against Iraq. This allows the US to use force against Iraq in a manner "necessary and appropriate" to protect US national security and enforce UN resolutions. The Senate is expected to endorse the on Friday. Some members of the Democrats do have concerns due to a declassified letter from the CIA director, George Tenet in which he appeared to cast doubt on the possible threat from Saddam Hussein.

2004 U.S.A. Christopher Reeve: Christopher Reeve, famous as the 'Superman' actor died of heart failure, he had been a fit and well man until a freak riding accident left him as a quadriplegic due to a spinal cord injury.

2006 Iraq Death Squad Killings: In a matter of twenty-four hours, a total of sixty dead bodies are found around parts of Baghdad, Iraq. The majority of bodies found were believed to be killed by death squads in the city.

2008 Pakistan Suicide Car Bomb Attack: A suicide car bomb attack struck as some 600 people held an open-air meeting to raise a militia to evict Taleban in the Orakzai semi-autonomous tribal region.

2008 World Markets Continue To Fall: Stock markets around the world continue to fall on fears of a major recession following the collapse the financial markets.

2009 Pakistan Taliban Attacks Military Headquarters: Taliban Militants Attack Military Headquarters in Rawalpindi, near Islamabad in Northern Pakistan leaving at least 19 people dead, this is an ongoing increase in the last few weeks of militant activity.

OCT. 11th

1910 U.S.A. Theodore Roosevelt: Theodore Roosevelt became the first US president to fly aboard an airplane with Archie Hoxsey, an aviator for the Wright Brothers .

1921 U.S.A. Sleeping Sickness: A plague that medical science can not explain is taking more and more lives each year. The Plague is sleeping sickness which affects young and old , rich and poor. Last year in Ohio the toll was 200 and this year it will exceed that number and many are hoping that medical science will find the cause of this terrible disease.

1939 U.S.A. Albert Einstein Writes To President: Albert Einstein wrote his famous letter to FDR about the potential of the atomic bomb. In the letter, he argued the scientific feasibility of atomic weapons, and urged the need for development of a US atomic program.

1939 World War II Russia Threatens Finland: Russian troops, tanks and artillery are massing on the Finnish border as a Finnish envoy goes to Moscow to receive Russian demands, currently a mass evacuation of women and children from major towns and cities is underway in preparation for war.

1941 World War II German Offensive on Russia: Berlin released a statement today saying that the massive offensive against Russia is almost complete and only a mopping up operation is now needed to take full control of the last English Ally on the continent of Europe.

1952 Great Britain Accidents in The Home: An alarming report produced by the Department of Health in England says that more children under the age of 15 are killed in accidents in the home mostly through burns and scolding than in any way including on the roads.

1968 U.S.A. Apollo 7: Apollo 7, NASA's first three-man space mission, is launched from Cape Canaveral .

1973 Middle East Arab Israeli War: The Arab -- Israeli war is now in it's sixth day and Israeli ground forces have crossed the cease fire line agreed after the 1967 6 day war, in commando attacks on Syrian forces with torpedo boats and commando forces.

1974 England Harold Wilson Wins: Harold Wilson's Labour government has won the general election and a second term in office.

1975 U.S.A. Saturday Night Live: The comedy-variety show Saturday Night Live premiered with George Carlin as the host .

1976 China New Party Chairman: The new chairman of China's Communist Party, Hua Guofeng, has ordered the arrest the so-called Gang of Four which is led by Chairman Mao's widow Jian Qing, and includes Wang Hongwen, Yao Wenyuan, and Zhang Chunqiao.

1982 England The Mary Rose Raised: The Mary Rose, flagship of King Henry VIII, has been raised to the surface after 437 years at the bottom of the Solent. The ship's remains of mud-caked timber were successfully re-floated and experts will now begin the long process of restoring the Mary Rose in a dry dock in Portsmouth.

1984 U.S.A. Kathy Sullivan: Kathy Sullivan becomes the first American woman to walk in space during a Test for orbital refueling on the Space Shuttle Challenger mission STS-41-G .

1986 Iceland Arms Talks: President Ronald Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev meet in Reykjavik, Iceland, to continue discussions about curbing their intermediate missile arsenals in Europe.

1987 Scotland Loch Ness Monster: A three day hunt costing 1.6 million dollars hoping to prove or disprove the legend of The Loch Ness Monster ended today with no scientific proof except three sonar blips that showed objects in the middle of the 754-foot-deep loch.

1987 U.S.A. Aids March: Hundreds of thousands march for lesbian and gay rights marched by the White House and then assembled on the national Mall below the U.S. Capitol. The march was led by about 3,000 people with AIDS, some in wheelchairs, others in chartered buses.

1991 U.S.A. Unemployment Benefit Blocked: President Bush today vetoed a bill that would have provided up to an additional 20 weeks unemployment benefit calling it poorly designed and unnecessarily expensive.

1998 U.S.A. US Dollar: After a week of heavy currency speculation the dollar settles at it's lowest level against the Japanese Yen with the dollar trading at 116 yen ( current Dollar - Yen Exchange Rate 99 Yen October 2008).

2000 U.S.A. AOL: America Online becomes the biggest, richest and most successful Internet company with nearly 30 million subscribers world wide paying the monthly fee to connect to the Internet.

2000 U.S.A. Environmental Disaster: A major environmental disaster happens when Over 300 gallons of black sludge is released into the Mississippi River near Inez, Kentucky as the result of the collapse of an energy company’s dam resulting in the death of millions of fish and cost nearly 78 million dollars to clean up. the company was charged guilty of Clean Water Act violations.

2002 U.S.A. Carter Wins Nobel Peace Prize: Former President Jimmy Carter wins the Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts at ending the middle east conflict and acting as a mediator between Egypt and Israel .

2002 U.S.A. Iraq War: The United States Senate joined the House of Representatives in approving 77-23 the use of America's military against Iraq.

2002 U.S.A. 8th Murder By Washington Beltway sniper: Kenneth Bridges filling up his car at a gas station near Fredericksburg, Va., was shot to death in the eighth murder linked to the Washington Area sniper. John Allen Muhammad and Lee Boyd Malvo were finally captured on October 24.

2006 U.S.A. Small Plane Crashes Into High Rise New York: A small aircraft crashed into a high-rise building in Manhattan's Upper East Side killing Yankees baseball player Cory Lidle and his flying instructor.

2007 U.S.A. Army Recruitment Increase: The numbers of US Army soldiers in the army, army guard and army reserve is set to increase to 547,000, Army Recruitment has come under fire because the number of new recruits have who have not graduated from high school is over 20%.

OCT. 12th

1927 Mexico Rebels Executed: As the Mexican government continues it's roundup and punishment of rebels, today in Mexico city the public execution of one of the senior ringleaders by firing squad General Alfredo Rueda Quijano will send a message that rebellion against the government of Mexico will not be tolerated.

1931 U.S.A. Johnny Weissmuller: Olympic gold medal swimmer Johnny Weissmuller is chosen to play Tarzan in a number of films stretching all the way to the 1940's.

1937 U.S.A. Brady Gang: Federal agents shoot and Kill Al Brady and members of the Brady Gang in a shootout at Bangor, Maine on Columbus Day in 1937. They surprised the gang at 8:30 a.m. on a busy street as they left a local store and a shootout between the gang and FBI Agents left a number of dead and wounded.

1945 Germany Nazi Party Dissolved: The Nazi party is ordered to dissolve by The Allied Control Council and stated that any attempt at it's revival in any guise would be considered a criminal offense.

1957 Canada Queens Visit: Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip arrive in Ottawa, Canada.

1962 U.S.A. Columbus Day Storm: The Columbus Day Storm strikes Northern California, Oregon, Washington and British Columbia with some of the strongest winds ever recorded during a cyclone and registered wind gusts in excess of 145 mph. The storm blew down many tens of thousands of trees (possibly exceeding the annual timber harvest for Orgon and Washington).

1966 U.S.A. Nobel Peace Prize: The Nobel Peace Prize for Medicine has been awarded to two American doctors who devoted their lives to combating the dreaded disease of Cancer, Francis Peyton Rous of Rockafella University in New York City and Charles B Huggins of the University of Chicago.

1968 Mexico Olympic Games: The 19th Summer Olympics Games of the XIX Olympiad, open in Mexico City, Mexico.

1972 Vietnam US Navy Ship Race Riot: 46 sailors are injured in a race riot involving more than 100 sailors on the aircraft carrier USS Kitty Hawk.

1978 U.S.A. Sid Vicious Arrested For Murder: Punk Rocker Sid Vicious arrested on suspicion of murder after the body of his girlfriend Nancy Spungen found in their New York hotel room. While on bail he overdosed on heroin and died before any trial in February 1979.

1978 U.S.A. Projected Incomes: Some figures this week released by the Social Security administration give some interesting figures for current and projected incomes and taxes.
Current Average Worker earns $10,500 per year,
1990 Average Worker Projected to earn $22,700 per year (Actual was $28,960),
2000 Average Worker Projected to earn $40,000 per year (Actual was $40,344),
2010 Average Worker Projected to earn $70,000 per year,
2025 Average Worker Projected to earn $162,000 per year,
2050 Average Worker Projected to earn $656,000 per year.

1983 Japan Bribes: Former Japanese prime minister Kakuei Tanaka is convicted of taking $2.2 million in bribes from American manufacturer Lockheed Aircraft Corp.

1983 Israel Shekel Devalued: After just 3 days in office The new Prime Minister of Israel Yitzhak Sharmir, has devalued the shekel by 23 percent.

1984 England Conservative Party Conference Bombing: IRA Terrorists carry out a bomb attack on the British Government at the Conservative party conference at Grand Hotel Brighton.

1986 Reykjavik Disarmament Talks Fail: Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev have fail to reach agreement at disarmament talks in Reykjavik.

1991 Iraq Iraq Atomic Program: The United Nations Security Council has banned Iraq's Atomic Program altogether to prevent it being used as a cover for secret weapons laboratories.

1999 Pakistan Military Coup: A military coup d'état led by General Pervez Musharraf deposes the elected Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and dismisses the national and provincial legislative assemblies, assumed the title of Chief Executive and becomes Pakistan's de facto head of government which he continued until he was forced to resign in 2008.

1999 World Population: The United Nations Population Fund designate today in history as the approximate day on which world population reached six billion.

2000 Yemen USS Cole: The USS Cole a navy destroyer is attacked by two suicide terrorists believed to be part of (Osama bin Laden's al Qaeda terrorist network) using a motorized rubber dinghy loaded with explosives which blows a 40ft by 40ft hole in the port side of the USS Cole while it was harbored in the Yemeni port of Aden leaving seventeen sailors dead and 38 wounded.

2002 Bali Bombing: 202 are killed including local Balinese and young tourists during three terrorist bomb attacks targeting clubs and bars on the small island, the terrorists were believed to be members of a militant Islamist group Jemaah Islamiah, which is believed to have links to al-Qaida.

2005 China Space Program: China continues it's space program with it's second manned flight Shenzhou 6 carrying two men into orbit who spent five days in low Earth orbit.

2006 United States New York Yankees pitcher Dies In Plane Crash: New York Yankees’ pitcher, Cory Lidle, and a flying instructor died as the small plane they were flying crashed into an apartment building in New York City.

2007 China 4 million to be relocated: Chinese state media has announced 4 million people living from the area around China's Three Gorges Dam are to be relocated to Chongqing because of concerns for the ecology of the reservoir area.

2008 Europe Euro Members Agree To Bank Bailout: Europe has followed the United States with a plan to stabalise the European Banking Industry by offering guarantee loans between banks until the end of 2009, and putting money into troubled banks by buying preference shares.