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Events : C/P from - Wikipedia.
314 Roman Emperor Licinius is defeated by his colleague Constantine I at the Battle of Cibalae, and loses his European territories.
451 At Chalcedon, a city of Bithynia in Asia Minor, the first session of the Council of Chalcedon begins (ends on November 1).
1075 Dmitar Zvonimir is crowned King of Croatia.
1200 Isabella of Angoulκme is crowned Queen consort of England.
1480 Great standing on the Ugra river, a standoff between the forces of Akhmat Khan, Khan of the Great Horde, and the Grand Duke Ivan III of Russia, which results in the retreat of the Tataro-Mongols and the eventual disintegration of the Horde.
1573 End of the Spanish siege of Alkmaar, the first Dutch victory in Eighty Years War.
1582 Because of the implementation of the Gregorian calendar this day does not exist in this year in Italy, Poland, Portugal and Spain.
1600 San Marino adopts its written constitution.
1645 Jeanne Mance opened the Hτtel-Dieu de Montrιal, the first lay hospital in North America.
1806 Napoleonic Wars: Forces of the British Empire lay siege to the port of Boulogne in France by using Congreve rockets, invented by Sir William Congreve.
1813 The Treaty of Ried is signed between Bayern and Austria.
1821 The government of general Josι de San Martνn establishes the Peruvian Navy.
1829 Rail transport: Stephenson's The Rocket wins The Rainhill Trials.
1856 The Second Opium War between several western powers and China begins with the Arrow Incident on the Pearl River.
1860 Telegraph line between Los Angeles and San Francisco opens.
1862 American Civil War: Battle of Perryville Union forces under General Don Carlos Buell halt the Confederate invasion of Kentucky by defeating troops led by General Braxton Bragg at Perryville, Kentucky.
1871 Four major fires break out on the shores of Lake Michigan in Chicago, Peshtigo, Wisconsin, Holland, Michigan, and Manistee, Michigan including the Great Chicago Fire, and the much deadlier Peshtigo Fire.
1879 War of the Pacific: the Chilean Navy defeats the Peruvian Navy in the Battle of Angamos, Peruvian Admiral Miguel Grau is killed in the encounter.
1895 Eulmi incident- Queen Min of Joseon, the last empress of Korea, is assassinated and her corpse burnt by the Japanese in Gyeongbok Palace.
1904 Edmonton, Alberta was incorporated as a city.
1904 Prince Albert, Saskatchewan was incorporated as a city.
1912 First Balkan War begins: Montenegro declares war against Turkey.
1918 World War I: In the Argonne Forest in France, United States Corporal Alvin C. York leads an attack that kills 25 German soldiers and captures 132.
1921 KDKA in Pittsburgh's Forbes Field conducts the first live broadcast of a football game.
1928 Joseph Szigeti gives the first performance of Alfredo Casella's Violin Concerto.
1932 The Indian Air Force is established.
1939 World War II: Germany annexes Western Poland.
1941 World War II: In their invasion of the Soviet Union, Germany reaches the Sea of Azov with the capture of Mariupol.
1944 World War II: The Battle of Crucifix Hill occurs on Crucifix Hill just outside Aachen. Capt. Bobbie Brown receives a Medal of Honor for his heroics in this battle.
1952 The Harrow and Wealdstone rail crash kills 112 people.
1956 New York Yankees's Don Larsen pitched the only perfect game in a World Series; one of only 20 perfect games in MLB history.
1962 Spiegel scandal: Der Spiegel publishes the article "Bedingt abwehrbereit" ("Conditionally prepared for defense") about a NATO manoeuver called "Fallex 62", which uncovered the sorry state of the Bundeswehr (Germany's army) facing the communist threat from the east at the time. The magazine is soon accused of treason.
1962 Algeria joins the United Nations.
1967 Guerrilla leader Che Guevara and his men are captured in Bolivia.
1968 Vietnam War: Operation Sealords United States and South Vietnamese forces launch a new operation in the Mekong Delta.
1969 The opening rally of the Days of Rage occurs, organized by the Weather Underground in Chicago, Illinois.
1970 Vietnam War: In Paris, a Communist delegation rejects US President Richard Nixon's October 7 peace proposal as "a maneuver to deceive world opinion".
1973 Yom Kippur War: Gabi Amir's armored brigade attacks Egyptian occupied positions on the Israeli side of the Suez Canal, in hope of driving them away. The attack fails, and over 150 Israeli tanks are destroyed.
1973 Greek military junta of 19671974: Junta strongman George Papadopoulos appoints Spyros Markezinis as Prime Minister of Greece with the task to lead Greece to parliamentary rule.
1974 Franklin National Bank collapses due to fraud and mismanagement; at the time it is the largest bank failure in the history of the United States.
1978 Australia's Ken Warby sets the current world water speed record of 317.60mph at Blowering Dam, Australia.
1982 Poland bans Solidarity and all trade unions.
1990 Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: In Jerusalem, Israeli police kill 17 Palestinians and wound over 100 near the Dome of the Rock mosque on the Temple Mount.
1991 Croatia votes to sever constitutional relations with Yugoslavia, making the country fully independent
1998 Oslo's Gardermoen airport opens after the close down of Fornebu airport.
2001 A twin engine Cessna and Scandinavian Airlines System (SAS) jetliner collide in heavy fog during takeoff from Milan, Italy killing 118.
2001 U.S. President George W. Bush announces the establishment of the Office of Homeland Security.
2005 2005 Kashmir earthquake: Thousands of people are killed by a magnitude 7.6 earthquake in parts of Pakistan, India and Afghanistan.
End of C/P.
314 Roman Emperor Licinius is defeated by his colleague Constantine I at the Battle of Cibalae, and loses his European territories.
451 At Chalcedon, a city of Bithynia in Asia Minor, the first session of the Council of Chalcedon begins (ends on November 1).
1075 Dmitar Zvonimir is crowned King of Croatia.
1200 Isabella of Angoulκme is crowned Queen consort of England.
1480 Great standing on the Ugra river, a standoff between the forces of Akhmat Khan, Khan of the Great Horde, and the Grand Duke Ivan III of Russia, which results in the retreat of the Tataro-Mongols and the eventual disintegration of the Horde.
1573 End of the Spanish siege of Alkmaar, the first Dutch victory in Eighty Years War.
1582 Because of the implementation of the Gregorian calendar this day does not exist in this year in Italy, Poland, Portugal and Spain.
1600 San Marino adopts its written constitution.
1645 Jeanne Mance opened the Hτtel-Dieu de Montrιal, the first lay hospital in North America.
1806 Napoleonic Wars: Forces of the British Empire lay siege to the port of Boulogne in France by using Congreve rockets, invented by Sir William Congreve.
1813 The Treaty of Ried is signed between Bayern and Austria.
1821 The government of general Josι de San Martνn establishes the Peruvian Navy.
1829 Rail transport: Stephenson's The Rocket wins The Rainhill Trials.
1856 The Second Opium War between several western powers and China begins with the Arrow Incident on the Pearl River.
1860 Telegraph line between Los Angeles and San Francisco opens.
1862 American Civil War: Battle of Perryville Union forces under General Don Carlos Buell halt the Confederate invasion of Kentucky by defeating troops led by General Braxton Bragg at Perryville, Kentucky.
1871 Four major fires break out on the shores of Lake Michigan in Chicago, Peshtigo, Wisconsin, Holland, Michigan, and Manistee, Michigan including the Great Chicago Fire, and the much deadlier Peshtigo Fire.
1879 War of the Pacific: the Chilean Navy defeats the Peruvian Navy in the Battle of Angamos, Peruvian Admiral Miguel Grau is killed in the encounter.
1895 Eulmi incident- Queen Min of Joseon, the last empress of Korea, is assassinated and her corpse burnt by the Japanese in Gyeongbok Palace.
1904 Edmonton, Alberta was incorporated as a city.
1904 Prince Albert, Saskatchewan was incorporated as a city.
1912 First Balkan War begins: Montenegro declares war against Turkey.
1918 World War I: In the Argonne Forest in France, United States Corporal Alvin C. York leads an attack that kills 25 German soldiers and captures 132.
1921 KDKA in Pittsburgh's Forbes Field conducts the first live broadcast of a football game.
1928 Joseph Szigeti gives the first performance of Alfredo Casella's Violin Concerto.
1932 The Indian Air Force is established.
1939 World War II: Germany annexes Western Poland.
1941 World War II: In their invasion of the Soviet Union, Germany reaches the Sea of Azov with the capture of Mariupol.
1944 World War II: The Battle of Crucifix Hill occurs on Crucifix Hill just outside Aachen. Capt. Bobbie Brown receives a Medal of Honor for his heroics in this battle.
1952 The Harrow and Wealdstone rail crash kills 112 people.
1956 New York Yankees's Don Larsen pitched the only perfect game in a World Series; one of only 20 perfect games in MLB history.
1962 Spiegel scandal: Der Spiegel publishes the article "Bedingt abwehrbereit" ("Conditionally prepared for defense") about a NATO manoeuver called "Fallex 62", which uncovered the sorry state of the Bundeswehr (Germany's army) facing the communist threat from the east at the time. The magazine is soon accused of treason.
1962 Algeria joins the United Nations.
1967 Guerrilla leader Che Guevara and his men are captured in Bolivia.
1968 Vietnam War: Operation Sealords United States and South Vietnamese forces launch a new operation in the Mekong Delta.
1969 The opening rally of the Days of Rage occurs, organized by the Weather Underground in Chicago, Illinois.
1970 Vietnam War: In Paris, a Communist delegation rejects US President Richard Nixon's October 7 peace proposal as "a maneuver to deceive world opinion".
1973 Yom Kippur War: Gabi Amir's armored brigade attacks Egyptian occupied positions on the Israeli side of the Suez Canal, in hope of driving them away. The attack fails, and over 150 Israeli tanks are destroyed.
1973 Greek military junta of 19671974: Junta strongman George Papadopoulos appoints Spyros Markezinis as Prime Minister of Greece with the task to lead Greece to parliamentary rule.
1974 Franklin National Bank collapses due to fraud and mismanagement; at the time it is the largest bank failure in the history of the United States.
1978 Australia's Ken Warby sets the current world water speed record of 317.60mph at Blowering Dam, Australia.
1982 Poland bans Solidarity and all trade unions.
1990 Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: In Jerusalem, Israeli police kill 17 Palestinians and wound over 100 near the Dome of the Rock mosque on the Temple Mount.
1991 Croatia votes to sever constitutional relations with Yugoslavia, making the country fully independent
1998 Oslo's Gardermoen airport opens after the close down of Fornebu airport.
2001 A twin engine Cessna and Scandinavian Airlines System (SAS) jetliner collide in heavy fog during takeoff from Milan, Italy killing 118.
2001 U.S. President George W. Bush announces the establishment of the Office of Homeland Security.
2005 2005 Kashmir earthquake: Thousands of people are killed by a magnitude 7.6 earthquake in parts of Pakistan, India and Afghanistan.
End of C/P.