This Day in History.

OCT. 27th.

1904 U.S.A. New York Subway: The New York subway opens travelling between Lower Manhattan and Harlem stopping at 28 stations in between and cost a nickel to ride (Salt Pork cost 16 cents per pound)

1921 U.S.A. Metric System: A senate committee is advising that the United States changes to the metric system of weights and measures as it is now used by 37 countries against the Imperial weights and measure system used in just 12 countries. Currently the only major international country to have not adopted the metric system is the United States who still use Gallons, pints, pounds, ounces, etc.

1936 England Mrs Wallace Simpson: Mrs Wallace Simpson American Born Friend of King Edward of England won a divorce in a brief hearing at Ipswich assizes. The petition for divorce was based on evidence that her ships brokers husband a subject of the king was guilty of misconduct at the Hotel De Paris at Bray near Maidenhead in Berkshire.

1940 U.S.A. World's Fair: World's Fair in New York ended with a final day attendance record of 537,952.

1954 U.S.A. Marilyn Monroe: Marilyn Monroe and Joe DiMaggio divorce after DiMaggio allegedly struck Monroe following the filming of her famous "skirt scene" in The Seven-Year Itch.

1960 U.S.A. Martin Luther King Jr: Civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. was released from the Georgia State Prison following a direct intervention from Robert F. Kennedy who had question his constitutional right to bail, while pending appeal of a traffic conviction.

1962 Cuba U-2 reconnaissance airplane shot down: Rudolf Anderson, Jr is shot down over Cuba while flying a U-2 reconnaissance plane by a Soviet-supplied S-75 Dvina surface-to-air missile during The Cuban Missile Crisis.

1962 U.S.A. Cuban Missile Crisis Ends: After much posturing by both sides and the world living in fear of a Nuclear Holocaust The United States and the Soviet Union agree to a plan to end the two-week-old Cuban Missile Crisis.

1964 U.S.A. Aircrash: A twin-engine A3D bomber crashed into a group of buildings at El Centro Naval Air Facility in California, during a Navy Day air show killing nine and leaving many more injured.

1964 Great Britain Rhodesia: Britain has told Rhodesia it will be guilty of treason and banished from the Commonwealth if it declares itself independent. Prime Minister Harold Wilson has told Prime Minister Ian Smith that free elections of the entire population who are of voting age be allowed to select the Government before Great Britain would grant independence.

1968 Great Britain Vietnam War protesters: 6,000 Vietnam Anti-War protesters clash with police outside the United States Embassy at Grosvenor Square, London.

1970 U.S.A. Controlled Substance Act: Controlled Substance Act becomes law which class Cannabis, marijuana, heroin and LSD amongst many others as “schedule I,” drugs . Schedule I drugs are "(A) drug or other substance has high potential for abuse, ( The drug or other substance has no currently accepted medical use in treatment in the United States.

1971 Democratic Republic of the Congo Zaire: Democratic Republic of the Congo is renamed Zaire.

1992 U.S.A. Allen R. Schindler, Jr: United States Navy radioman Allen R. Schindler, Jr. is murdered by a shipmate and is a victim of a hate crime due to his being gay. He was a radioman on the amphibious assault ship USS Belleau Wood and murdered by shipmate Airman Apprentice Terry M. Helvey who stomped Schindler to death in a toilet in a park in Sasebo, Nagasaki. The murder created national debate about gays in the military that resulted in the United States "Don't ask, don't tell" military policy which means that as long as gay or bisexual men and women in the military hide their sexual orientation, commanders are not allowed to investigate their sexuality.

1997 U.S.A. Dow Drops 323.42 Points: News of a 6 percent decline on the Hong Kong index had spread to Wall Street and by 2 P.M. the Dow had dropped 323.42 points. Wall Street closes after invoking the so-called "circuit-breaker rules." which had been passed following the 1987 crash, to provide a cooling off period for when the market appears to be in freefall.

1999 Armenia Prime Minister Vazgen Sargsyan Murdered: Gunmen headed by journalist Nairi Hunanyan took over the Armenian parliament building opening fire and killing Prime Minister Vazgen Sargsyan, Parliament Chairman Karen Demirchyan, and 6 other members.

2005 France Riots In Paris: Following the accidental death of two Muslim teenagers, Zyed Benna and Bouna Traoré who tried to hide from police who were chasing them in a power substation where they were electrocuted. Riots break out in poor areas of Paris followed by other riots and unrest in other poor housing projects in a number of cities in various parts of France. The rioting continued for the next ten days and on 10th November President Jacques Chirac declared a state of emergency effective at midnight. Riots did still continue for the next few days but by late November the rioting had ended with the arrest of more than 2,500 rioters and nearly 8,000 vehicles destroyed during the 20 days of rioting.

2007 France Air France Strike: A strike by Air France cabin crews over pay and conditions halts long haul flights by Air France with tens of thousands of passengers left stranded.

2008 United States US Senator Stevens found guilty: US Alaskan Senator Stevens found guilty of lying about gifts worth $250,000 he received from the oil company Veco.

2008 United States Child prostitute rings: The FBI working with local law enforcement has arrested 642 in 29 cities in the United States in a crackdown on Child prostitute rings, rescuing 47 children ranging in age from 13 to 17.

OCT. 28th.

1922 Italy Mussolini: King Victor Emmanuel III hands over power to Mussolini who was supported by the military.

1927 U.S.A. Smugglers: 150 kegs of the genuine scotch whisky described as 140% proof bearing the label of Perth Scotland has been captured in New Haven, Connecticut after being landed at smugglers cove

1929 U.S.A. Wall Street crash (Black Monday): The Monday starting the two days of the Wall Street Crash (Often referred to as Black Monday), Following the crash on the 24th (Black Thursday) over the weekend a number of investors decided to pull out of the market on the (Monday 13% drop) and by the the next day (Tuesday another 12% drop) as word spread the number of investors attempting to sell shares sent the market into a downward spiral. Although the Wall Street Crash was not the only factor in the following decade of the Great Depression, the decisions made by government over the crash are considered to have had a major impact on how bad and how long the depression was.

1933 U.S.A. Diphtheria, Tuberculosis and Scarlet Fever: As the number affected by poverty through the lack of work increases , the corresponding increase in disease continue with Diphtheria, Tuberculosis and scarlet fever all on the increase

1936 Spain Civil War: As the Nationalist forces approach Madrid fears that the defense forces will quickly crumble may lead to mass slaughter by the rebel fascist forces with much bloodshed.

1942 U.S.A. Coffee Rationing: The government has announced that the nationwide rationing of Coffee will begin on November 28th.

1942 Canada Alaska Highway: The Alaska Highway (Alcan Highway) connecting the contiguous U.S. to Alaska through Canada is completed through Canada to Richardson Highway in Delta Junction, Alaska. The highway is approx 1,680 miles long starting in Dawson Creek, British Columbia to Delta Junction

1948 Germany War Crimes: Nine more Germans convicted of war crimes were hanged today as the US Army continued with executions of those convicted of war crimes. The total now is 29 hanged at Landsberg prison since October 15th.

1962 U.S.A. Cuban Missile Crisis Ends: Cuban Missile Crisis
1. 22nd October: President Kennedy, tells Americans that missiles have been discovered in Cuba which had the potential to attack the United States with nuclear warheads.
2. 23rd / 24th October: Strategic Air Command goes to DEFCON 2, for the only time in history. The Naval Blockade of Cuba by United States begins.
3. 27th October: The U.S. informs its NATO allies that the United States may find it necessary within a very short time in its interest and that of its fellow nations in the Western Hemisphere to take whatever military action may be necessary including invasion of Cuba.
4. October 28th : Nikita Khrushchev informed the United States that he had ordered the dismantling of Soviet missile bases in Cuba. The US informs the Soviet Union that they will not invade Cuba.

1965 U.S.A. Gateway Arch: The Gateway Arch, a 630 ft high parabola of stainless steel marking the Jefferson National Expansion Memorial on the waterfront of St. Louis, Missouri is completed.

2001 Pakistan Islamic Extremists: Islamic extremist gunmen burst into a church in eastern Pakistan killing 18 people including children who were at prayer.

2005 U.S.A. Libby Indicted: I. Lewis Libby, Jr., chief of staff to U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney, resigns following indictment on five federal felony charges. He is charged with obstruction of justice, perjury to a Grand Jury, and making false statements to the FBI in the Justice Department's investigation into the Plame leak.

2007 India March for land rights reaches Delhi: Tens of thousands of landless Indian farmers and tribal people reach Delhi after a three-week march of 200 miles for land rights. During the last few years as India continues progress with increased industrial production and power plants, many farmers have had land taken away for these projects and recieved nothing in return leaving them with no way of supporting families.

OCT. 31st.

1921 U.S.A. Forests: Latest figures released by the federal government show that forests in the United States cover 463 million acres, (Current Forestry is 745 million acres)

1926 U.S.A. Harry Houdini: Harry Houdini magician and escapologist dies of gangrene and peritonitis after his appendix ruptured.

1931 U.S.A. Gold Standard: Following the announcement that Great Britain had decided to abandon the Gold Standard in mid September a mini panic occurred when people were worried their money was not safe in local banks , the panic caused people to draw savings from the banks which in turn placed more pressure on the banks than the 1929 stock market crash had already, because of this by 31st October 827 banks were forced to close.

1941 U.S.A. Mount Rushmore: The Mt. Rushmore sculpture is completed after Gutzon Borglum and 400 stone masons sculpt the colossal 60-foot carvings of U.S. presidents, The project had started on October 4, 1927 to represent the first 150 years of American history
George Washington 1732–1799, Thomas Jefferson 1743–1826, Abraham Lincoln 1809–1865, Theodore Roosevelt 1858–1919

1942 England Canterbury Bombing: The Nazi Luftwaffe today launched the heaviest single daylight bombing attack since the Battle of Britain on the Cathedral City of Canterbury.

1950 Puerto Rico Rebels: Fighting is continuing in the streets of San Juan between rebels seeking Puerto Rico secession from the United States and 4000 National Guardsman who have been sent in to bring calm to the city.

1955 UK Princess Margaret: Princess Margaret has announced she will not marry divorced Group Captain Peter Townsend. She had been forced to choose between her love for Group Captain Peter Townsend and giving up her title, her Civil List allowance, and her place in the line of succession because he was divorced. During her announcement she stated that her decision had been made out of loyalty to the Crown and out of consciousness of the Church's teaching on the "indissolubility of Christian marriage" (Divorce) .

1956 Egypt Suez Canal Crisis: Following Egypt's decision to nationalise the Suez Canal Britain and France begin bombing Egypt to force the reopening of the Suez Canal.

1959 U.S.A. Lee Harvey Oswald: Years before the Kennedy assassination Lee Harvey Oswald is featured in local papers when he applies for Soviet citizenship.

1961 Soviet Union Joseph Stalin: Joseph Stalin's body is removed from Lenin's Tomb as part of the process of de-Stalinization in The Soviet Union.

1963 U.S.A. Indiana State Fair Coliseum Explosion: An explosion caused by a faulty propane tank during an ice skating show at the Indiana State Fair Coliseum (now Pepsi Coliseum) kills 74 and injures an additional 400.

1964 Germany Berlin wall: The Berlin wall was opened up for the second time yesterday for West Germans to visit relatives in East Germany and by nightfall 20,000 had passed through the communist controls. The visits are only allowed one way from west to east due to concerns of the East German Government that it's subjects would not return.

1966 Korea President Lyndon Johnson: An estimated two million people welcomed US President Lyndon Johnson to Seoul, South Korea , America had spent many years and lost many marines 16 years earlier helping to fight communists from the North.

1968 Vietnam President Lyndon Johnson: After 5 months of negotiations making no progress President Lyndon Johnson orders an end to rolling thunder, The U.S. bombing of North Vietnam in the hopes this would bring an end to the fighting and provide a negotiated settlement.

1971 England IRA Bomb Post Office Tower: A bomb explodes in the Post Office tower causing extensive damage but no injuries.

1983 England Greenham Common: Women protesting the soon to arrive U.S. Nuclear Missiles at Greenham Common air base cut through the perimeter fence and daubed emulsion paint on the runway prior to being arrested.

1984 India Gandhi: Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi was gunned down outside of her home by Sikh extremists

1997 U.S.A. British Au Pair Found Guilty: Boston jury has found Louise Woodward a British Au Pair 19, guilty of second degree murder for killing the baby in her care.

1999 U.S.A. Plane Crash: EgyptAir Flight 990 (Boeing 767) crashes shortly after taking off from John F. Kennedy International Airport, traveling from New York City to Cairo crashes off the coast of Nantucket, Massachusetts, killing all 217 on-board.

2002 U.S.A. Enron: Andrew Fastow former chief financial officer for Enron Corp is indicted on 78 counts of wire fraud, money laundering, conspiracy and obstruction of justice related to the collapse of Enron Corp.

2003 Malaysia Mahathir bin Mohamad: After 22 years from 1981 to 2003 Mahathir bin Mohamad retires from office and the Deputy Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi becomes the countries Prime Minister.

2008 U.S.A. Consumer Confidence: Fears of a recession and higher unemployment pushes consumer spending in the US to fall in September by the biggest amount in four years.

2008 China Melamine In Food: State Media in China has reported the toxic chemical melamine is probably being routinely added to Chinese animal feed, melamine has now been found in contaminated milk and eggs. Melamine is used to reduce production costs while maintaining the protein count for quality inspections.

NOV. 1st.
1918 U.S.A. Rail Crash: A five car train derailed and hit a tunnel wall today in Brooklyn, New York, underneath the intersection of Malbone Street and Flatbush Avenue killing 100 of the 900 passengers.

1924 U.S.A. Turkeys: New York is the first state to lift quarantine restrictions on Turkeys from Texas following the foot and mouth outbreak earlier this year.

1927 U.S.A. Ford Model A: The replacement for the Model T "Tin Lizzie" The vastly improved Model A starts production at Ford Plants the new model with several body styles prices start from $460. The Model A stayed in production until 1932.

1929 England Prohibition: Dr. Saleshy, an important figure in England, put in a good word for Prohibition. He said it was good for the health in America, and in Canada too. He also has mentioned that Great Britain is misled.

1935 Canada Earthquake: Northern Canada was shaken by a violent earthquake. The center of this earthquake was detected to have been just north of Lake Ontario. In all, this quake had been felt in three Canadian provinces as well as in 17 states of the United States. It was thought to be one of the worst in history that has occurred in this region.

1938 U.S.A. Seabiscuit Match Race Against War Admiral at Pimlico: Seabiscuit often called the (people's champion) raced against Triple Crown winner War Admiral in the Pimlico Special in Baltimore, Maryland and won the match race. It is estimated over 40 million listened to the match on the radio and "War Admiral" was the favorite at (1-4 with most bookmakers).

1940 Greece Italy Invades: A 35-mile well-populated area of Greece (Ioannina) had been seized by Italian fascists. Further reported indicated that Italy was moving towards the border of Albania.

1941 U.S.A. U.S. Coast Guard: President Roosevelt announces that the U.S. Coast Guard will now be under the direction of the U.S. Navy, and tasks will include escorting ships, providing port security, and inspecting ships for everything from illegal drugs to munitions.

1952 U.S.A. Hydrogen Bomb: The United States detonates the world's first thermonuclear weapon, the hydrogen bomb, on Eniwetok atoll in the Pacific.

1953 Russia Christians: Canon Mervin Stockwood, an English clergyman had just returned from his trip to Russia and had reported that an atheist tour guide claimed that Jesus was a Christian invention. Moreover, Stockwood had announced that only 45 of Russia’s 1,600 churches were open. The few churches still in operation were very crowded.

1955 U.S.A. United Airlines Flight 629: United Airlines Flight 629 is blown up shortly after takeoff over Longmont, Colorado killing all passengers and crew. The FBI after some investigation charged John Gilbert Graham, who had planted the bomb in his mother's suitcase to collect the insurance money on her death.

1957 U.S.A. Mackinac Bridge: The Mackinac suspension bridge opens connecting Mackinaw City and St. Ignace connecting the non-contiguous Upper and Lower peninsulas of the U.S. state of Michigan. It becomes the longest suspension bridge between anchorages in the Western hemisphere

1958 Switzerland Nuclear A Test Ban: Delegates of Russia, America and Great Britain met informally today at a meeting to discuss their positions on the policing of a nuclear A-tests ban.

1961 U.S.A. Nuclear Testing: The United States was one country that was urged by the United Nations to put a moratorium on nuclear testing. The U.S. has not yet agreed at this time and has planned on still making test explosions in the atmosphere to counter tests being made by Soviets.

1966 Vietnam Bombing Saigon: North Vietnam begins a bombing campaign using artillery in the jungle surrounding the city against the South Vietnamese capital Saigon. Altogether about 30 artillery shells struck the city killing at least 10 and injuring many more, the shelling also caused panic in the city with people trying to find some form of cover.

1967 U.S.A. Marijuana: The problems facing the country over the use of Marijuana continues to grow with new figures released showing more US Servicemen have been court martial for smoking Marijuana than any other offence and a police official in San Diego California saying 1/4 of all high school students currently smoke Marijuana.

1970 France Nightclub Fire: A fire at a nightclub a mile from the town of St Laurent du Pont, near Grenoble, was packed with revellers when a fire started trapping clubbers and leaving 142 mostly teenagers dead, plus the 60 who did survive many of them are in hospital with up to 90% burns.

1973 Israel Bedouin Market: Beersheba, Israel has long been the location of the prosperous Bedouin market. However, this market had just re-opened after being shut down temporarily.

1976 U.S.A. Election: As the two candidates wind up campaigning for the Presidency most pundits believe the race is too close to call with some polls showing a one point lead for Carter and another poll showing a one point lead for Ford.

1982 U.S.A. Honda: Honda opens the first car manufacturing company factory to produce Japanese cars (Honda Accord) in the United States at Marysville, Ohio

1983 U.S.A. George Burns: Actor/comedian George Burns had signed a five-year contract with Caesar’s World. He made jokes in reference to his age. For instance Burns said that he planned to follow through with this performance agreement, because he could not afford to die while booked (had a performance scheduled). George Burns was 87 years old when he began to fulfill his contract at Caesar’s World. Incidentally, he had lived to be 100 years old.

1984 India Indira Gandhi: Following yesterdays assassination of Prime Minister Indira Gandhi by Sikh members of her bodyguard. Angry mobs have set fire to four Sikh temples and many Sikh-owned businesses.

1986 Switzerland Chemical Spill: Chemical spill and a major fire at a chemicals factory near Basel, Switzerland, is sending tons of toxic chemicals into the nearby river Rhine and turning it red.

1986 England Mad Cow Disease: The first case of BSE or "mad cow disease" is found in cattle in England .

1990 Iraq Americans Hostages: Iraq made a promise to free four more Americans hostages, while insisting they were treating hostages well. However, President Bush was more interested in making sure Saddam Hussein was driven out of Kuwait-which was an action of high priority at this time. Therefore, he had condemned the freeing of American hostages at that time.

1991 U.S.A. University of Iowa Shootings: Gang Lu a student at the University of Iowa goes on a shooting rampage armed with a .38-caliber revolver and a .22 caliber handgun at the University killing five people on the Iowa campus in Iowa City he then turned the gun on himself and committed suicide.

1993 Europe Maastricht Treaty: During the Delors Commission The Maastricht Treaty which was signed in February the previous year comes into force on this day in history .
European Union: The Maastricht Treaty formally starts, establishing the European Union (EU). By 1993, 12 nations had ratified the Maastricht Treaty on European Union: Great Britain, France, Germany, the Irish Republic, Spain, Portugal, Italy, Greece, Denmark, Luxembourg, Belgium, and the Netherlands.

1998 Europe European Court of Human Rights: European Court of Human Rights becomes a permanent court with full-time judges replacing earlier enforcement courts. The court allows individuals or other states to bring cases of human rights violations against member states.

2002 Italy Earthquake: A report circulated regarding an incident that took place in Italy a few days prior.

2005 Cuba Guantánamo Bay: The U.S. Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld has refused the United Nations commission access to inmates at the Guantánamo Bay detention center.

2006 South Africa Nelson Mandela is appointed Ambassador of Conscience: Nelson Mandela is awarded Amnesty International's award as Ambassador of Conscience 2006. The former South African president and anti-apartheid campaigner was being praised for his "invincible dedication to the freedom of his people".

2006 Colombia Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia: The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia's (FARC) attack on a rural police station in Colombia, which killed sixteen officers.

2006 United States Jackson Pollock’s No. 5 1948 is sold for $140 million: Art experts have said that the Hollywood magnate David Geffen has sold a drip painting by Jackson Pollock for about $140 million.

2007 United States Paul W. Tibbets Jr. dies: The pilot of Enola Gay (Hiroshima Bomb), Paul Tibbets, dies after two-months of ill-health. He has asked for no funeral nor headstone as he was worried that opponents of the bombing would use it as a place of protest.

2007 United States Tesco opens its first Quick and Easy in America: Tesco, the UK's leading food retailer, begins opening its Fresh and Easy outlets in the US. It had over sixty stores, including thirty in southern California, by April 1, 2008. There were 168 stores as of September 22nd, 2010, which are based in California, Arizona, and Nevada.

2008 United States Obama unaware of his aunt being an illegal alien: Barack Obama says that he did not know that his Kenyan aunt was living illegally in the United States. Reports say that Zeituni Onyango lost a bid for asylum in 2004. She lives in public housing in Boston. Obama's presidential campaign has issued a statement that: "Senator Obama has no knowledge of her status but obviously believes that any and all appropriate laws be followed."

2009 Kosova A statue of Bill Clinton is unveiled in Kosovo: Bill Clinton attends the unveiling of a statue of himself in Pristina. The 3.5m (11 ft) bronze statue was inaugurated on the Kosovan capital's Bill Clinton Boulevard, and received loud cheers from the thousands of ethnic Albanians that attended. Mr. Clinton is their hero for launching Nato's bombing campaign to drive the Yugoslav troops out of the Serbian province in 1999.

NOV. 2nd.

1917 Great Britain Jewish homeland: British Foreign Secretary Arthur James Balfour "The Balfour Declaration" submits a declaration of intent to establish a national home for the Jewish people in Palestine.

1920 France Elections: The nature of American presidential elections was of great interest to France. Along with information about current elections, French news publications displayed portraits of past presidents from Washington to Wilson.

1920 U.S.A. Warren G. Harding Wins Presidential Election: Warren G. Harding (Republican) Wins Presidential Election beating James M. Cox (Democrat) with a landslide victory.

1930 Ethiopia Haile Selassie: Haile Selassie is crowned Emperor/"King of Kings of Ethiopia" at Addis Ababa's Cathedral of St. George in a lavish ceremony attended by royals and dignitaries from all over the world.

1931 Soviet Union Wheat Shortage: The Soviet Union announced that the country would not export wheat during this year, and most likely not the following year either.

1932 Great Britain Hunger Marchers: The march to London by the Hunger Marchers Army has been broken up by police in Trafalgar Square and the marchers have been dispersed and escorted out of London. The main communist organizers have been charged with sedition and are currently in jail.

1936 Great Britain BBC Television Service: The BBC Television Service, launches becoming the world's first regular public television service with a high level of image resolution from Alexandra Palace transmitter in London with a radius of 25 miles, later renamed BBC TV and finally as it is today BBC One.

1940 World War II Bombing Raids: Reports of bombings, raids, attacks, and more were made. These particular violent actions occurred in places such as Berlin, Germany as well as in Greece. It was predicted during this time period that World War II was not likely to end soon (would be a “long war”).

1947 U.S.A. Howard Hughes: The worlds largest aircraft Howard Hughes Flying Boat (The Spruce Goose) which took 5 years and cost 25 million to build was floated into the harbor for the first time today.

1951 Egypt Anti British Disturbances: 6,000 British troops have arrived at Fayid in the Canal Zone of Egypt and many more are on the way in an effort to quell anti-British disturbances in the region, the fighting continued for the next 2 years when a military coup in 1952 ended the period of constitutional monarchy in 1953 and Arab nationalist Abdel Nasser came to power in 1954.

1953 U.S.A. Arab Israeli Conflict: Even if Middle Eastern countries such as Syria, Jordan, and Lebanon could not reach an agreement with Israel, the United States agreed to sign treaties with these countries. Likewise, the U.S. also planned on signing a separate pact with Israel that would most likely not include Syria, Jordan, and Lebanon. An agreement was needed before the development of both sides of the Jordan River could take place.

1957 U.S.A. UFO's: Residents of Levelland, Texas reported sightings of unidentified flying objects with bright lights. After the sightings, Jim Lee, head of the Interplanetary Space Patrol, predicted that the UFOs will soon come in large numbers for all to see and the skeptics will have no choice but to agree.

1959 UK The M1 Motorway: The first section of the M1 motorway, the first of it's kind in the UK, is opened between Watford and Crick/Rugby along with the motorway's two spurs the (M10 motorway to St Albans) and (M45 motorway Coventry).

1960 U.S.A. Lady Chatterley's Lover: Penguin Books is acquitted of the charge of publishing obscene material in the case over Lady Chatterley's Lover, by D.H. Lawrence.

1961 British Honduras Hurricane: A total of 100 people had already been counted dead while rescue workers carried on. Thousands more were found homeless. The hurricane occurred along the British Honduras coast, and hit against areas such as Belize, Stancreek, Turneffe Cay, and Caulker Cay.

1964 Saudi Arabia King Deposed By Half Brother: Saud bin Abdul Aziz, King of Saudi Arabia is deposed by a family coup and forced into exile in Geneva, Switzerland. His replacement is his half-brother Faisal ibn Abdul Aziz Al Saud, King Faisal.

1965 U.S.A. Vietnam War Protest: A man dies when he sets himself on fire to protest Vietnam War in front of the Pentagon. His widow said he gave his life protesting our government's deep military involvement' in Viet Nam,"

1966 U.S.A. Cuban Adjustment Act: Cuban Adjustment Act comes into force. The full act is shown below.


1973 U.S.A. Watergate: Vice-president Gerald R. Ford had approved the decision to investigate President Nixon. This investigation would determine whether or not the president should be impeached. Nixon was believed to have participated in the Watergate Scandal, along with at least a handful of other governmental leaders.

1982 U.S.A. Unemployment at 7.4 percent: The economy continued to be a major concern with unemployment at 7.4 percent and the jobs being created being lower paid in the service industry and not the traditional manufacturing jobs.

1982 Afghanistan Salang Tunnel: Following an accident between a fuel truck and a truck carrying explosives midway in the Salang Tunnel in Afghanistan, a firestorm starts enveloping a number of busses carrying Russian Soldiers and kills an estimated 3,000 people, mostly Soviet soldiers traveling to Kabul.

1983 U.S.A. Martin Luther King Day: President Ronald Reagan signs a bill in the White House Rose Garden designating a federal holiday honoring the civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr., to be observed on the third Monday of January.

1983 Grenada Diplomats: The deadline for the removal of Cuban, Soviet, and Libyan diplomats from Grenada was scheduled for this date. One major problem regarding this plan, however, was that a Havana official announced that Cuban delegation members would stay until Cuban prisoners of war captured by the U.S. were set free.

1986 Lebanon Hostage: The American David Jacobsen is held hostage in Beirut by Muslim fundamentalists who are members of Islamic Jihad of has been released after 17 months of captivity.

1988 Israel General Election: The general election in Israel has returned a hung parliament, with just one seat separating the main right and left wing parties in the Knesset.

1990 U.S.A. Saddam Hussein: President George Bush rallied in Ohio for the removal of Saddam Hussein from Kuwait without a single shot being fired. He also promised the return of troops very soon.

1996 Zaire Tutsi Rebels: Tutsi Rebels and Rwandan forces attacked Goma in Zaire hoping to gain control of the airport. This is in response to Hutu extremists who earlier had slaughtered 50,000 Tutsus and then fled to Zaire when the Tutsis took control of the country.

2000 Space International Space Station: One American astronaut and two Russian cosmonauts became the first to move into the international space station, preparing for a four-month stay.

2003 Iraq U.S. Helicopter Shot Down: A U.S. helicopter was shot down while heading home with a few dozen troop members. A total of 16 persons were killed and 20 more were wounded as a result of this incident.

2006 United States Donald Rumsfeld: President Bush has said he wants Donald Rumsfeld to stay in his job as Defense Secretary until the end of his presidency. There have been rumours that Rumsfeld would leave after the mid-term elections and some Republicans have suggested he should go.

2006 Vietnam US Spies To Be Tried: Vietnamese prosecutors have said they intend to charge three US citizens, and four others, with terrorism, accusing them of trying to overthrow the government. The US embassy in Hanoi has confirmed that the three US citizens are Nguyen Thuong Cuc, alias Cuc Foshee, Huynh Bich Lien, alias Linda Linh and Le Van Binh.

2009 Afghanistan The UN Secretary-General visits Afghanistan: The United Nations-Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon arrives in Afghan capital of Kabul. His visit their takes place in the wake of the previous week's Taliban attack on a UN guesthouse that left more than a dozen people dead, and coincides with an electoral crisis.

2009 United States Mexican-American talks on extradition: Mexico's attorney general meets his American counterpart in Washington. The US had just announced a record number of extraditions from Mexico.

NOV. 3rd

1913 U.S.A. First Income Tax: The first American citizens receive information over the new national income tax. A married man living with his wife, who is in receipt of an income of $5,000 pays $10 a year and if his income is $10,000 he pays $60 per year.

1920 U.S.A. Rabies: A girl was bit by a dog that was suspected to be “mad”. Usually this meant that a dog had a disease such as rabies. However, in this case the girl had become unaffected by a certain treatment given to her, and no mention of rabies (or treatment of rabies) was mentioned in the news record of this incident.

1924 U.S.A. Pneumonic Plague: The death total from Pneumonic plague now stands at 25 in Los Angeles, the area where the deaths have occurred has been sealed and quarantined and health officials now believe a plague of rats in the area have spread the disease and drastic measures will be taken to kill the rats.

1933 U.S.A. Deficit $661,120,850: During the first quarter of this current fiscal year the government reached a deficit of $661,120,850. This figure was six times more than the one from the previous year around this time.

1943 World War II Majdanek Concentration camp in Poland Murder of 42,000 in 2 days: Nazi's carry out "Operation Harvest Festival" to kill all Jews remaining in the Lublin District of Poland. The operation "Erntefest" began at dawn when German Nazi SS troops rounded up large numbers of Jews and took them out into nearby trenches and shot and murdered them, it is estimated that in two days 42,000 men, women and children were murdered.

1944 World War II The Air War: A report was made regarding current World War II activity. A total of 155 Nazi planes headed for Merseburg, Germany were shot down by the U.S. Eighth Air Force fighter pilot division. This was a new record set.

1953 Korea POW's: Prisoners of war (POWs) in Korea became very outspoken as communists (Reds) tried to get the POWs to see things “their way.” During interviews that were held between the prisoners and Reds, cursing attacks, taunting, singing, and other actions took place. Only 17 of the 483 prisoners interviewed had been scheduled to return to North Korea.

1957 Space Dog In Space: A dog was launched into orbit today as the first animal in space on board Sputnik 2, a Russian spacecraft, and became the first living animal to enter the Earth's orbit.

1963 South Vietnam President Ngo Dinh Diem: An account of the death of a Vietnamese president and his brother was published. This was a very important day in the history of this country. Crowds of exited people celebrated the downfall of President Ngo Dinh Diem and his brother Ngo Dinh Nhu.

1964 U.S.A. Washington D.C. Residents Gain The Vote: Washington D.C. residents were barred from voting in presidential elections but the Twenty-third Amendment to the United States Constitution grants the District three votes in the Electoral College and residents are able to vote in a presidential election for the first time.

1964 U.S.A. Lyndon B Johnson: Lyndon B Johnson has won the presidential election with a landslide victory in the United States to become the 36th President of the United States. He has been the President since last year when President Kennedy was assassinated and as the vice president was sworn in as President.

1969 U.S.A. Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) Established: PBS is founded on November 3, 1969, on it's foundation it takes over its predecessor, National Educational Television (NET).

1972 Canada Alberta: It was made known to the world that Alberta had cut energy ties with Ottawa. Alberta was the producer of two-thirds of all of Canadian oil. They had refused to discuss this matter with the federal government during this time as well.

1974 U.S.A. Lyndon Baines Johnson: Lyndon Baines Johnson has been elected president of the United States defeating hard line Republican Senator Barry Goldwater of Arizona by an overwhelming majority.

1975 UK First UK Oil Pipeline: The Queen formally opens the UK's first oil pipeline. The 130-mile pipeline from Cruden Bay to Grangemouth serves the Forties oil field 110 miles east of Aberdeen, which the BP discovered six years ago. The Forties is the largest oil field so far discovered in the British sector of the North Sea.

1976 U.S.A. Jimmy Carter: Democrat Jimmy Carter won the US presidential election, defeating President Ford with his "trust me" slogan.

1979 U.S.A. Greensboro massacre: During a rally by communists and industrial trade union members in Greensboro, North Carolina against the Ku Klux Klan known as the "Death to the Klan March" in the predominantly black housing project called Morningside Heights a number of cars containing Klansmen and members of the American Nazi Party drove to the housing projects and opened fire on rally members with shotguns, rifles and pistols killing five of the marchers and injuring a number of others.

1982 Afghanistan Salang tunnel fire: A deadly fire in the tunnel joining northern and southern Afghanistan under the Hindukush mountain range claims as many as 1,500 lives during the Soviet occupation of the country. The details released provide no real indication of the cause of the fire or exactly the number of casualties.

1985 Pacific Toxic Wine: A low level of toxic chemicals was found in certain Reunite wines distributed in the Pacific area. Fortunately, no one had become ill and bottles were recalled from store shelves in time.

1990 England Stop Dumping Waste: A decision made the day before was announced in papers dated this date in 1990. Industrialized countries of the world such as Great Britain, France, Germany, the Soviet Union, and the United States agreed not to dump waste into the sea. A 20-year agreement was signed, which made this pollution ban official.

1997 France Strikes: Striking French truck drivers form roadblocks around the country at ports, oil refineries and major roads.

2002 U.S.A. Back Pain: Studies were presented in Orlando, Florida regarding the connection between back pains and spouses. According to the findings in these studies, it was reported that back pains in a person could flair up simply by a spouse being in the room.

2003 U.S.A. Identity Theft: Identity theft became more and more prevalent over the past ten years, especially with the use of the credit card. A man was charged of stealing his former brother-in-law’s name, and was also charged of stolen property and theft.

2004 U.S.A. George W Bush: George W Bush is elected president of the United States for a second term of office .

2005 France Civil Unrest: Civil unrest continued in Paris suburbs after Nicolas Sarkozy, interior minister declares a "zero tolerance" policy towards urban violence, and announced that riot police (C.R.S.) and mobile police squadrons would be stationed in contentious Paris neighborhoods. The unrest is driven by youths who feel that racial and social discrimination against them because of their dark skin, Arabic or African sounding names is increasing as they set fire to buildings, cars, and buses and shoot at police and firefighters. November 8th President Jacques Chirac announced a national state of emergency, and offers an invitation to open dialogue and discuss their grievances.

2007 Pakistan President Gen. Pervez Musharraf Suspends Constitution: Hundreds of government opponents are thrown into jail after imposition of martial law, suspension of the constitution and dismissal of most of the Supreme Court by President Gen. Pervez Musharraf .

2007 Space Space Station Repairs: A US astronaut carries out a spacewalk to repair the damaged solar panel on the International Space Station (ISS). The energy-collecting wing had developed a rip when it was being unfurled at the port end of the platform. Scott Parazynski was able to ride to the end of an extension boom to install the home-made 'cufflinks' to the broken section. .

2007 United States Robotic cars tested in California: Teams are asked to build an driverless vehicle that's capable of driving in traffic, performing complex manoeuvres such as merging, passing, parking and negotiating intersections. The event is seen as groundbreaking and the first time that autonomous vehicles have interacted with both manned and unmanned vehicle traffic in an urban environment.

2008 Pakistan Missile strikes on Pakistani territory are "counter-productive": The Pakistani president warns the new head of US Central Command that missile strikes on Pakistani territory are "counter-productive". President Zardari told General Petraeus that such strikes were detrimental to the "war on terror". General Petraeus has also met Pakistan's army chief and prime minister during his visit to the country.

NOV. 4th.

1956 Hungary Soviet Tanks: Soviet tanks and troops crush protests against Soviet rule with thousands killed and wounded, and nearly a quarter-million Hungarians fled the country.

1920 U.S.A. New Air Mail Service: Air mail service has opened between U.S. and Canada. The first route had been planned from Seattle, Washington to Victoria, B.C.

1922 Egypt King Tutankhamen: British archaeologist Howard Carter and his workmen discover a step leading to the tomb of King Tutankhamen in the Valley of the Kings in Egypt.

1931 China Manchuria: According to the press, it was announced that the possible inference of Soviets in Manchuria was a “made up” story. The Japanese had allegedly made up this story to cover up an alternative advancement northward.

1944 U.S.A. Franklin D. Roosevelt: Governor Thomas E. Dewey criticized President Franklin D. Roosevelt as the reason why the Second World War was prolonged. Dewey stated that the war had continued on as a result of Roosevelt’s “confused incompetence”.

1953 South Korea Anti Communist Protest: A group of UN members along with neutral observers led an angry anti-communist protest. This particular incident took place while a Communist drilling of Chinese prisoners was going on.

1956 Hungary Hungarian Uprising: After the Hungarian Uprising last week led by Prime Minister Imre Nagy the soviet air force has been bombing the capital of Hungary Budapest and have now amassed 1,000 Soviet tanks on the outskirts of Budapest to crush the uprising once and for all. In the next month the Soviet Union took back full control of the country deploying tens of thousands of troops and tanks and replaced the head of government with Janos Kadar. During the following months more than 50,000 were killed and 200,000 Hungarians sought political asylum in the West during the Soviet crackdown.

1958 Vatican Pope John XXIII: Pope John XXIII the son of a poor Italian farmer was crowned 262nd pontiff of the Roman Catholic Church on the balcony of St Peters Basilica with 200,000 spectators watching from St. Peters Square in a 4 hour ceremony .

1963 Germany Russians: The Russians had stopped another U.S. convoy while it was traveling on the autobahn between West Berlin and West Germany. This halted convoy had just been used in a training exercise in West Germany.

1966 Italy Florence Flooding: The Arno River floods causing the flooding of nearly 2/3rd's of the city of Florence with some areas of the city in as much as 8 feet of water. The floods knocked out all power to the city including hospital emergency generators and caused the death of more than 100 lost their lives. Florence has always been famous for it's historic books/manuscripts and fine art and estimates put the number damaged between 3 and 4 million with 10's of thousands damaged beyond repair and restoration.

1970 U.S.A. Feral Child Genie: Genie a feral child is taken to Children's Hospital Los Angeles after her mother enters a welfare office in Temple City, California, to seek benefits for the blind. Genie had spent nearly all of the first thirteen years of her life locked in her bedroom.

1973 Egypt Peace Talks: President Sadat of Egypt was scheduled to meet U.S. Secretary of State Kissinger. Egypt was skeptical of the intentions of the United States. The purpose of this meeting was to initiate Middle East peace talks.

1973 Holland Car Free Sunday: Following on from the experience of "Car Free Sundays" in The Netherlands during the Suez Crisis in 1956, the Netherlands organises the first Car Free Sunday during the 1973 oil crisis with Highways deserted which are solely used by cyclists and roller skaters.

1973 U.S.A. Shortage of Electricity: A magazine article was published regarding the possible shortage of electricity in some areas of the United States. Americans were urged to conserve energy in case the Arab boycott would continue for an extended period of time. A gasoline shortage was also expected, and as a result a motion was made to lower speed limits. Measures were taken to help reduce the possibility of brownouts or blackouts in the U.S.

1979 Iran US Hostages Taken: Militant student followers of the Ayatollah Khomeini storm the U.S. embassy in Tehran taking 90 hostages. The students were enraged that the deposed Shah had been allowed to enter the United States for medical treatment and they threatened to murder hostages if any rescue was attempted. No diplomatic solution could be found and President Carter ordered a rescue mission in which eight U.S. military personnel were killed and no hostages rescued. The hostages were held in captivity for 14 months and were eventually released when the US Government released $3 billion in frozen Iranian assets and promised $5 billion more in financial aid.

1980 U.S.A. Ronald Reagan: Former Hollywood actor and Republican Ronald Reagan wins the US presidential elections beating Democrat Jimmy Carter with a huge majority.

1983 Israel Middle East War: This was another busy bombing day for the Israelis and Palestinians. First, an Israeli bombing post in Tyre was struck by a suicide bomber.

1985 Italy Yasser Arafat: It was revealed on this day that Italian prosecutors made plans to interrogate Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat. He was believed to be a reliable witness to the hijacking of the cruise ship Achille Lauro.

1988 U.S.A. Computer Virus: A computer virus has infected many thousands of computers connected to the Internet. The Internet ( ARPANET ) currently connects 50,000 computers from Government agencies and Universities. The virus closed down a number of the computers as operations slowed down and the computers were forced to reboot. The virus was targeted to any computer running the operating system Berkeley UNIX Version 4.3. The virus was traced back to a Computer student at Cornell University.

1995 Israel Rabin Assassinated: Prime Minister Rabin was assassinated. At this time it was believed that the man responsible for the death of Rabin was affiliated from a right-winged group.

2002 Turkey Islamic: A political party with Islamic affiliation won at the polls. Some concerned existed as to whether or not religion would play a part in the politics of this new leadership. However, it was assured by Turkey that this would not be the case. Persons such as the Justice and Development leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan assured that this country will not continue to revel in the victory. Instead, they plan on developing a government “where common sense prevails”.

2006 United States Anglican female bishop: Katharine Schori is taking office as the first female bishop in the Anglican denomination. The choice is controversial, as most other Anglican Churches do not allow women to become bishops. More than three thousand well-wishers attended her investiture ceremony at the Washington National Cathedral, and seven conservative US dioceses have already said that they will not accept her authority.

2006 Iran Anniversary of U.S. embassy siege in Tehran: Thousands of Tehran's school children and college students have marked the anniversary of the 1979 hostage-taking at the American embassy. The speaker of the Iranian parliament has said that it is similar to the current nuclear row, and that America is always trying to put Iran under pressure. In a rowdy celebration of student power, it had boys and girls segregated outside the former American embassy. Another red flag that said "Death to America" was burned. (And Iran wonders why the west do not trust them?)

2006 Germany The Master Race: A group of children that had been selected by Adolf Hitler's Nazi regime to help create an Aryan master race has met for the first time as adults. Children from the Nazis' 'Lebensborn' or 'Font of Life' project have gathered in the German town of Wernigerode to discuss the trauma over their origins.

2007 Middle East US Secretary of State states that a two state solution is necessary between Israel and Palestine:The US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice says that a two-state solution between Israel and the Palestinians is needed. Ms Rice urges Arab states to accept a peaceful and permanent home for Israel, and Israel says there will be no deal for a Palestinian state unless its own security is guaranteed. Rice has gone to the region to prepare for the peace conference that will be taking place in the US that month, but she says that she was not yet ready to set a date for the conference.

2008 United States Barack Obama Wins Presidential Election:The United States general election. The Democratic Party did well on the national level, with increased majorities in both houses of Congress and won the Presidency. Barack Obama was the Democratic nominee.

2008 United States California Proposition 8: Californian voters have approved Proposition 8, which bans same-sex marriages. With more than 95% of the vote counted, the measure has 52.1% to 47.9%. The measure to ban gay marriage in California will throw doubt onto the 'unions' of the approximately 18,000 Same Sex couples that have 'wed' during the last 4 1/2 months.

2009 Italy Italian leaders and the Vatican are dismayed at the banning of crucifixes in the classroom: Italian political leaders are uniting to condemn the European court ruling that crucifixes can't be displayed in schools, and are a breach of human rights. The Italian government, the Vatican and Catholic right wing parties are dismissive of the European Court of Human Rights ruling, which started from the case that was brought about by an Italian mother having opposed to the hanging of crucifixes on classroom walls.

NOV.7th.

1922 Turkey Constantinople: According to a report made from Paris, allied nations requested help from their governments. This action was taken in order to help keep order in Constantinople, the former capital of the Ottoman Empire. Constantinople is the present-day city of Istanbul, which is in Turkey. This was the year of the fall of the Empire, which was run by the Romans in ancient times.

1924 Great Britain Ramsay McDonald: The Socialist Government in Britain headed by the ex British Prime Minister Ramsay McDonald went to the Royal Palace to hand over to King George their seals of Office to be distributed to the new conservative ministers headed by the Prime minister Baldwin and including Winston Churchill as the Chancellor of the Exchequer .

1929 U.S.A. Museum Of Modern Art: The Museum Of Modern Art is opened in New York City with the help of Abby Aldrich Rockefella and friends Abby was the wife of John D. Rockefella Jr.

1935 Great Britain Naval Forces: It was possible that a naval parity (equality) agreement would be reached between countries such as the U.S., England, and Japan. However, it was also evident that both the United States and England would not be willing to alter the 5-5-3 military ratio limitations outlined by the Washington Treaty, which was soon to expire.

1940 Greece Italian Forces: Italian forces moved in very swiftly against Greece. Their primary target of attack was on Greek troops situated along the Ionian Sea, such as concentrations of troops on the Epirus and Kalamas Fronts. Moreover, cities such as Koritza, Albania were being shelled.

1940 U.S.A. Narrows Suspension Bridge Collapse Tacoma: Strong winds gusting to 35 MPH break the the Narrows suspension Bridge to pieces in Tacoma, Washington causing the bridge to fall to the bottom of Puget Sound.

1941 World War II Hospital Ship Sunk: German torpedo aircraft sink the soviet hospital ship Armenia killing approximately 7,000 people.

1942 World War II North Africa: Allied forces invade North Africa.

1944 U.S.A. Roosevelt: President Roosevelt is elected to fourth term defeating Thomas E. Dewey during World War II.

1954 U.S.A. Armistice Day becomes Veteran’s Day: It was made known this day in 1954 that the upcoming holiday normally celebrated on November 11th would be Veteran’s Day. This used to be called Armistice Day, in order to celebrate the end of World War I. However, since another major world war had passed, it seemed time to call Armistice Day by the new name-Veteran’s day, as mentioned already. This first V-day celebration scheduled was meant to honor vets from the Civil War, WWI and WWII, and the Korean conflict.

1956 U.S.A. Eisenhower: General D Dwight Eisenhower is reelected to the White House .

1956 United Nations Suez Crisis: Following President Nasser of Egypt announcing that all assets of the Suez Canal Company had been frozen and would be nationalized, France, Britain and Israel attack Egypt taking control of the Suez Canal, On this day in History The United Nations General Assembly adopts a resolution calling for the United Kingdom, France and Israel to immediately withdraw their troops from Egypt, because the US was backing the United Nations Resolution Britain, France and Israel had no choice and withdrew from Egypt 1 week later.

1961 U.S.A. California Fires: Two more California fires broke out. This was in addition to the ones that had destroyed the homes of many celebrities on the day before.

1967 U.S.A. Corporation for Public Broadcasting Created: President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Public Broadcasting Act establishing the The Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) to promote public broadcasting.

1972 U.S.A. Richard Nixon: Richard Nixon wins an overwhelming majority in the US presidential elections for a second term in the White House.

1973 Egypt Kissinger: After former Secretary of State Henry A. Kissinger and Egyptian President Anwar Sadat met, the agreement was that they were moving towards peace. However violent fighting was occurring along the Suez Canal at the same tine Kissinger and Sadat had met. It would take awhile to make a considerable amount of progress, but this was considered a start.

1983 U.S.A. United States Senate Bomb: A bomb is exploded at the United States Senate building by members of a group claiming to be the "Resistance Conspiracy" in protest to U.S. military involvement in Grenada and Lebanon. Members of the terrorist group were charged and bought to trial and found guilty for the U.S. Senate bombing and bombings of Fort McNair and the Washington Navy Yard.

1985 Lebanon Hostages: Half-dozen American hostages were being held, presumably in Lebanon. An anonymous caller had said that an Islamic Jihad had planned to take the lives of these Americans. Then, a second caller indicated that these hostages were dead.

1989 U.S.A. Douglas Wilder: Douglas Wilder becomes the first African American to be elected as governor of a U.S. state when he is elected as the Governor of Virginia. The win was predicted in the polls with a large majority but on the day of the polls he was elected with a majority of less than half a percent. The difference is polling numbers and actual voting is sometimes called the The Bradley effect or less commonly called the Wilder effect.

1989 East Germany Protests: Protests in East Germany have forced the Communist dominated government to resign.

1991 U.S.A. Magic Johnson: Magic Johnson the Basketball legend announces he will retire from the Los Angeles Lakers after testing positive for HIV.

1995 Vietnam Robert Mc Namara: Former U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Mc Namara visited Hanoi, Vietnam. This was the capital city and central location of enemy troops that fought during the Vietnam War. This was the first time Mc Namara had been to Vietnam since the end of the war in 1975. He hoped that this meeting would help the United States learn from the mistakes made during this war.

1996 U.S.A. Mars Global Surveyor: The Mars Global Surveyor is launched from Cape Canaveral aboard a Delta II rocket reaching Mars on September 11, 1997. The mission was to provide a survey of the planet mars sending back tens of thousands of pictures of the planets surface. One of the most important possible discoveries was photos of two craters called Terra Sirenum and Centauri Montes which appear to show the presence of water on Mars at some point between 1999 and 2001.

2000 U.S.A. Hillary Rodham Clinton: Hillary Rodham Clinton, wife of President Clinton, has won a seat for the Democrats representing New York in the Senate to become the only First Lady to win elective office in US history.

2000 U.S.A. United States presidential election: In one of the most controversial Presidential Elections in modern times between Al Gore (Vice President) and Republican candidate George W. Bush. The election unlike normal presidential elections ended with controversy over who had won Florida's 25 electoral votes. Some television news networks had called the winner earlier in the evening with Al Gore declared the winner but retracted as the results came in. Then at 2:30 AM the networks declared that George W. Bush had won Florida and therefore the presidency. But once again by 4:30 AM the pendulum swung again as only 2,000 votes separated the two and the networks retracted their predictions. After a number of court cases involving the United States Supreme Court George Bush was declared the winner but because of the very small majority ( depending on who provides figures ranging from 500 to 2000 ) and also questions over the 58,000 names who had been taken off the registered voters list by governor Jeb Bush ( with allegations that most were thought to be democratic voters ), the 2000 presidential election will always be considered one of the most controversial ever.

2002 U.S.A. Iraq Weapons Inspections: Major progress has been made regarding making tougher weapons inspections by the United Nations a reality. This plan was originally drafted by the United States, and several countries were considering the passing of this new resolution. Part of the plan was to get together major countries of the world to disarm Saddam Hussein. A few years later, Hussein had received a death penalty for serious crimes committed.

2002 Iran Bans Advertising: Iran bans the advertisements for American products on Television.

2005 U.S.A. Tornado: A tornado with winds up to 180 MPH has killed at least 19 in Indiana and Kentucky.

2006 World Enemies of Free Speach and the Internet: A list of 13 'enemies of the Internet' has been released by the human rights group Reporters Without Borders (RSF). The list consists of countries that the RSF believes are suppressing freedom of expression on the Internet. Egypt has been added to the list while Nepal, Libya and the Maldives have all been taken off it. The complete list of blacklisted states is: Belarus, Burma, China, Cuba, Egypt, Iran, North Korea, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Tunisia, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan and Vietnam.

2006 U.S.A. United States Mid-term elections: All United States House of Representatives seats and one third of the United States Senate seats were contested in this election, as well as thirty-six state governorships, many state legislatures, four territorial legislatures and many other state and local races. The election resulted in a sweeping victory for the Democratic Party, which captured the House of Representatives, the Senate, and a majority of governorships and state legislatures from the Republican Party.

2007 Finland Jokela school shooting: Pekka-Eric Auvinen a student at Jokela Secondary School goes on a shooting rampage armed with a SIG Mosquito .22 calibre pistol killing nine people including students and the school principal before turning the gun on himself. He had uploaded a video to Youtube announcing the "massacre" hours prior to the shooting and his earlier profile had included interests of "natural selection and hate for humanity"

2007 United States Nicholas Sarkozy attends Congress: The French President Nicolas Sarkozy is greeted with cheers and standing ovations in the United States Congress today. This is seen as a sign that France has been forgiven for opposing the American-led war in Iraq.

2008 Pakistan Drone strikes in Pakistan: The Pakistani government has said that a US missile strike in the country's north-west has killed about eleven people. The attack is by a US drone that was targeting Taleban militants in the tribal region of North Waziristan, which is close to the Afghan border. Locals say that a house of fighters loyal to a Taleban commander was hit. The US has not confirmed the attack.

2009 United States The Health Care Plan passes the House: The House of Representatives has approved a sweeping overhaul of the nation’s health care system, advancing legislation that could stand as one of the Democrats most important social policy achievements. The legislation has achieved what has been a Democratic goal for decades, and lawmakers have voted 220 to 215 to approve the plan that will cost $1.1 trillion over 10 years. The Democrats have said that the legislation will provide overdue relief for America's poor to buy or hold on to health insurance.

Missed was Lenin's communists storming the legally elected Russian democracy. Does OWS want this? Ending the current "corrupted by Wall Street" goverment led by President Barack Obama currently soliciting campaign funds from the same Fat Cats he condemns on the campaign trail.

And from a couple days ago, Remember, remember, the 5th of November, when Catholic Guy Fawkes tried to blow up the Protestant dominated Parliament.

OWS has adopted the Guy Fawkes mask but I wonder if they know why Fawkes was trying to blow up the goverment.

NOV. 8th.

1940 World War II Blanket Request: A Request for Blankets for People Sleeping in Underground Tunnels and Shelters during the bombing blitz of London. Times were hard in many areas of the world during World War II. Many Londoners spent winter nights in underground tunnels and shelters. Supplies of any new or old blankets that could be spared were called for in order to provide additional warmth for these people.

1917 Russia Lenin: Lenin makes his first appearance before the Congress of Soviets, in which the Bolsheviks hold a 60% majority. announcing "We shall now proceed to the construction of the socialist order,".

1922 Britain Curzon: Curzon, the British Foreign Secretary made an address today. In this speech he spoke out against false pretensions made by the Turkish government at this time.

1923 Germany Beer Hall Putsch: Adolf Hitler leads the Nazi Party in failed coup d'état attempt to gain power in Munich, Bavaria, and Germany. The attempt fails and Hitler is arrested and charged with high treason. The Nazi party headquarters are raided, and its newspaper, the Völkischer Beobachter is banned.

1933 U.S.A. Jobs Creation: President Franklin D. Roosevelt announced plans for the Civil Works Administration that will create 4 million additional jobs for the unemployed he made available $400,000,000 of public works funds.

1935 Bahamas Hurricane: A large hurricane swept through the Bahamas, hitting areas such as the capital city, Nassau. This was the same storm that hit Miami, Florida, resulting in three million dollars of property damage. At least 10 passengers aboard the Great Abaco were drowned and other fishing vessels were destroyed.

1939 Germany Assassination Attempt On Hitler: Johann Georg Elser plants a bomb at the Burgerbrau Beer Cellar in Munich where Hitler is due to give a speech, Hitler gives his speech and leaves 8 minutes before the bomb detonates killing eight people and injuring dozens more.

1944 Egypt Jewish Terrorists: Egyptian police had just announced a nationwide search for Jewish terrorists. Word got out that there was at least several dozen of them-two of which had apparently admitted to the assassination of Lord Moyne, a Middle Eastern British resident minister. The suspects were known as members of the Sternist Organization. There names were Mosche Cohen Itzak and Ch. Salzmann .

1953 China POWs: Only two more prisoners of war (POWs) interviewed had returned to Communist China. The rest of them remained bound in prison, taking an active stance against the Reds (Communist Party). Some of these prisoners were intended to be returned to North Korea while others were intended to be returned to Communist China. These interviews had been going on for at least a week in order to win more people over to the cause of the Communist Party active in this area. However, out of 493 people imprisoned only a handful of them complied with the wishes of the Reds.

1957 UK Windscale Nuclear Power Plant: An inquiry into a fire on October 10th at Windscale nuclear power plant has blamed the accident on a combination of human error, poor management and faulty instruments.

1960 U.S.A. John F. Kennedy: Senator John F. Kennedy is elected the 35th President of the United States, at 43 years of age the youngest president to be elected in the nation's history.

1963 Vatican Roudy Debate: A debate was started in Vatican City, an independent city-state located in the vicinity of Rome, Italy. The initiator of this verbal conflict was Joseph Frings, a German cardinal from Cologne (Germany’s fourth largest city). Frings spoke out regarding the matter of Congregation of the Holy Office Procedures during a formal council meeting. He believed that this church's procedures were unjust. Upon Frings’ revelation of injustices, a roar of forbidden applause echoed throughout the meeting place. Normally clapping and cheering was not allowed during Holy Office council meetings.

1965 U.S.A. Higher Education Act of 1965: The Higher Education Act of 1965 signed into law as part of President Johnson's Great Society domestic agenda. One of the primary purposes of the act was to provide financial assistance for students in higher education by increasing federal funding for universities to create scholarship programs, and to provide low-interest loans for students through Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA).

1965 UK Death Penalty Abolished: The Murder (Abolition of the Death Penalty) Act 1965 is given Royal Assent, formally abolishing the death penalty for murder in the United Kingdom.

1966 U.S.A. NFL / AFL Merger: U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson signs Public Law 89-800 which allows the National Football League (NFL) to merge with American Football League (AFL) and exempted the action from Anti-Trust restrictions.

1973 Australia Bomb: A homemade bomb exploded on top of a Brisbane, Queensland, Australia’s teacher’s desk. The teacher lost both hands, one student was killed, and 11 other students were injured-one losing both arms.

1974 England Lord Lucan: British aristocrat Lord Lucan is being searched for by British Police following the murder of his children's nanny and an attack on his estranged wife. An inquest jury later in the year declared Lord Lucan was guilty of murder. Lord Lucan was never found and was not officially declared dead until 1999.

1974 U.S.A. Ted Bundy: The Serial Killer Ted Bundy is defeated in an abduction attempt when Carol DaRonch narrowly escapes being abducted. Utah authorities were trying to figure out what had happened to several young women who disappeared earlier. Seattle area officials were looking for a young man named Ted who was the suspected culprit in many murder cases. On August 16, 1975, an officer noticed a suspicious Volkswagen driving around his patrol area. After pulling the vehicle over, he found handcuffs in the back of the automobile and arrested the driver--Ted Bundy. In March 1976, he was convicted of aggravated kidnapping, which put him behind bars while investigators tried to connect him to the many unsolved murders in Washington, Colorado, and Utah but December 30, 1977, Bundy managed to escape from jail. A few months later, he was added to the FBI's Ten Most Wanted Fugitives List, and on February 15, 1978, he was finally captured. He eventually confessed to the murders of 28 women, and was executed in Florida on January 24, 1989.

1985 Lebanon Hostages: A letter of plea had arrived in Beirut, Lebanon from the hostages held in Lebanon. In the letter was text which pleaded for Reagan to negotiate to let the hostages go free. However, Reagan would not budge, saying “we” (America) do not negotiate with terrorists. The letter that had arrived in Beirut was dated the day after anonymous callers in Beirut said these hostages were shot by firing squads. The letter written regarding the hostages left little clue to the whereabouts-except for the nature of the “cell” in which they were kept. Signatures of four hostages were given in the letter. AP Correspondent Terry Anderson, Reverend Lawrence enco, Beirut Hospital Director David Jacobson, and Beirut University Dean of Agriculture Thomas Sutherland had all signed it.

1987 Northern Ireland Terrorist Bomb: A terrorist bomb has exploded during Remembrance Day service at Enniskillen in County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland injuring 63 and killing 11.

1990 Republic of Ireland Mary Robinson: Ireland elects Mary Robinson as first woman president of the country.

1995 Germany Troops to Bosnia: Drastic changes in plans for European troops were planned, as possible peace in Bosnia was announced. While peace talks were being held in Ohio, troop leaders in Heidelberg, Germany were prepped. About 20,000 military members stationed in Europe at this time were from the United States. The Army was in the process of deciding how many of troops would actually be needed in Bosnia. The tentative plan was to issue re-assignments within 90 days.

2003 U.S.A. Cigarette Taxes: Native to non-native cigarette taxing was schedule to take place soon in the state of New York. However, a print announcement was made this day in 2003 regarding the delay of this decision, as discussed on the day before. This tax change collection delay was initiated by the Governor George E. Pataki administration. However, this governing body seemed serious about implementing this state tax collection legislation as of March 1st, 2004.

2004 Iraq Operation Phantom Fury: Following the attack and murder by Iraqi insurgents in Fallujah on a convoy containing four American private military contractors from Blackwater USA, US forces launch Operation Phantom Fury to recapture control of the city of Fallujah from insurgent fighters which resulted in the death of nearly 100 US Marines and the death of more than 1,250 insurgent fighters who had built a number of bomb making factories to use in terrorist attacks on US forces.

2006 Canada Walmart: Walmart expands it's supercenters into Canada opening the first three in Ancaster, London and Stouffville, Ontario.

2006 U.S.A. Donald Rumsfeld: U.S. Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld resigns and President George W. Bush announced that he will nominate Robert Gates, former head of the CIA, as a replacement for Rumsfeld.

2006 U.S.A. First Muslim Congressman elected: Keith Ellison, a Democrat, has become the first Muslim to be elected to the US Congress by winning a Minnesota seat in the House of Representatives. He reached this political milestone by defeating two other candidates in Minnesota's 5th Congressional District, which covers the Minneapolis area. Ellison won 56% of the vote, defeating Republican Alan Fine and the Independence Party's Tammy Lee, both of whom garnered 21% of the vote. A Green Party candidate received 2 percent.

2007 U.S.A. Congress overturns Bush’s veto: The United States Congress has for the first time overturned President George W Bush's veto, on a bill authorising spending on water projects. The Senate votes 79-14 to overturn the veto, after the House of Representatives voted 361-54, well over the two-thirds majority required. The last time a veto was overridden was in 1998, under President Clinton.

2007 Iraq US Army releases five hundred Iraq detainees: US military forces in Iraq have released five hundred detainees at a ceremony with the Iraqi government at Camp Victory outside Baghdad. Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, speaking to the newly released detainees, says that the release is part of an effort to harmonize relations between the Shi'ite and Sunni populations of iraq. Sunnis claim that as many as ninety percent of all detainees are Sunnis, which they attribute to the high number of Shi'ites serving in the official security forces.

2009 Japan Protests in Japan: Thousands of Japanese have protested on the island of Okinawa, and demanded the removal of the US base there. The local mayor has called on the new Prime Minister, Yukio Hatoyama, "to put an end to Okinawa's burden and ordeal". Japan and the US agreed to relocate the Futenma base from the urban area it currently holds to reclaimed land in 2006.