A Daily Dose of History: Events on this Day in History
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Naval Arrival; Aachen Falls; Guggenheim Opens; Somali Coup; Dayan Resigns; Greek Power Shift; Nuclear Framework; Liberal Minority
Oct 21, 20267 min
Cleveland LNG disaster; Leyte landing; Hollywood blacklist; Johnny Bright incident; Saturday Night Massacre; Brink’s robbery; Oakland firestorm; Uttarkashi earthquake
Oct 20, 20266 min
First Ypres; Bloody Night; Point Four; Machel Crash; Nimble Archer; Beatification; Hurricane Wilma; Buenos Aires Crash
Oct 19, 20266 min
BBC Founded; Transistor Radio; Venus Atmosphere; Satellite Deregulation; Karachi Bombing; Santiago Riots; First All-Female Spacewalk
Oct 18, 20266 min
Perón's Release; Palace Siege; Calder Hall; Paris Massacre; Nobel Peace Prize; Kholodov Assassination; Taipei 101; Kerch Attack
Oct 17, 20266 min
Taft–Díaz Summit; Family Planning Clinic; Rome Ghetto Raid; Liaquat Ali Khan Assassination; Australian Constitutional Crisis; Non-Italian Pope; Million Man March; Lao Airlines Crash
Oct 16, 20267 min
Transatlantic Flight; Companys Executed; FORTRAN Debut; West Gate Collapse; Flight 460 Crash; Shenzhou 5 Launch
Oct 15, 20265 min
Cubs Clinch; Senghenydd Disaster; Bulgaria Joins; Tartu Treaty; Lapua Kidnapping; Oslo Nobel; Bartman Incident
Oct 14, 20266 min
Royal Governor; Ankara Capital; Riga Offensive; Andes Crash; Lufthansa Hijacking; Miners Rescued; Navratri Stampede; Commonwealth Withdrawal
Oct 13, 20266 min
Cavell Executed; Typhoon Tip; MMP Election; Bali Bombing; EU Nobel; Hotel Collapse
Oct 12, 20266 min
School Segregation; Kozani Liberated; Color Television; Hill Testimony; Myyrmanni Bombing; Migrant Shipwreck; Soyuz Abort
Oct 11, 20266 min
Wuchang Uprising; Canal Completion; Eisenhower Apology; Windscale Fire; Laporte Kidnapping; FMLN Founded; El Asnam Earthquake
Oct 10, 20266 min
Marseille Assassination; Hoover Dam Power; Che’s Execution; Death-Penalty Abolition; Rangoon Bombing; Phantom Premiere; Lunar Impact
Oct 9, 20266 min
Mariupol Captured; Medal of Honor; Water Speed Record; Yugoslav Breakup; Homeland Security; Ebola Death; Climate Protest; Church Targeted
Oct 8, 20267 min
Moving Assembly Line; McCollum Memo; Soviet Constitution; Banski Dvori Bombing; Fox News Launch; Asteroid Impact
Oct 7, 20266 min
High Court convenes; Venizelos elected; Talkie premiere; Dukla Pass; Thammasat massacre; Cubana bombing
Oct 6, 20266 min
Broodseinde Battle; Shell Plant Explosion; Willie Gillis Debut; Land Speed Record; North Carolina Heist; Maxim Bombing; Ajka Disaster; Wallace Victory
Oct 4, 20267 min
Ethiopian Invasion; Maryang San; Howl Acquittal; Maze Strike Ends; TASCC Opens; German Reunification; Simpson Acquittal; Kunduz Airstrike
Oct 3, 20267 min
Guinean Independence; Tlatelolco Massacre; Wichita State Crash; Carandiru Massacre; Nickel Mines Shooting; Inter-Korean Summit
Oct 2, 20265 min
Khiva’s Last Khan; Spanish Women’s Suffrage; Sabre’s First Flight; PRC Founded; NASA Established; Cameroon Unification; First DC-9 Loss; EPCOT Opens
Oct 1, 20267 min
Aerial Victory; Civilian Bombings; Munich Agreement; First Broadcast; Nuclear Submarine; Botswana Independence; Hostage Release; Malév Crash; al-Durrah Killing; Sumatra Earthquake; Hurricane Matthew
Sep 30, 20268 min
Cathedral; Championships; Mandate; Boquerón; Kyshtym; Relations; Raptor; Impeached; Spaceflight; Strikes
Sep 29, 20268 min
Ypres Battle; Omaha Riots; Warsaw Siege; Ted Williams Record; Drama Uprising; Nasser Death; Nepal Plane Crash; Estonia Sinking; Singapore Grand Prix; Guinea Protest
Sep 28, 20268 min
Old 97; Grand Slam; Liberty Ship; PRC Flag; Typhoon Vera; Yemen Republic; Silent Spring; Julie N. Spill; Google Birthday; Swiss Shooting; SMART-1 Launch; Artsakh Conflict
Sep 27, 20269 min
Polygon Wood; Meuse-Argonne Offensive; Ruhr Occupation; Queen Mary Launch; Tōya Maru Sinking; Typhoon Vera; Abbey Road Release; Nolan Ryan No-Hitter; Garuda Indonesia Crash; Assisi Earthquake; MV Le Joola Capsizing; PBS Kids Closure; Typhoon Ketsana
Sep 26, 202610 min
Atlanta Riot; First Rodeo; Cathay Pacific; Clifford-Elsey Report; Honda Founded; Little Rock; TAI Flight 307; JAL Landing; Nuclear Treaty; Hurricane Rita; Hajj Stampede
Sep 24, 20268 min
Karlstad Treaty; Aviation Milestone; Saudi Unification; Hill 282 Incident; Lincoln Center Opening; Saint Kitts UN Entry; Deshaies Strikeout Record; Firefox Browser Release; Hurricane Jeanne Tragedy; Finnish School Shooting
Sep 23, 20268 min
Rise of Warlord Zhu: End of Tang Dynasty (+ 11 more historical events on this day!)
Sep 22, 20269 min
Emperor Avitus: Rise and Fall in Rome (+ 12 more historical events on this day!)
Sep 21, 20269 min
Agnes of Poitou & Andrew I: Border Negotiations (+ 11 more historical events on this day!)
Sep 20, 20269 min
Nerva: Rome's Rebirth After Domitian (+ 12 more historical events on this day!)
Sep 19, 20269 min
Domitian's Downfall: Tyranny, Assassination & Power Shift (+ 10 more historical events on this day!)
Sep 18, 20268 min
Domitian's Downfall: Wife, Prefects Plot Assassination (+ 6 more historical events on this day!)
Sep 18, 20266 min
Coronation of Alfonso VII: Galician Nobility Unites (+ 10 more historical events on this day!)
Sep 17, 20268 min
Pope Honorius I: Excommunicated for Monothelitism (+ 12 more historical events on this day!)
Sep 16, 202610 min
Orontes River Battle: Fatimid Triumph (+ 9 more historical events on this day!)
Sep 15, 20267 min
Domitian: Roman Emperor's Reign and Downfall (+ 10 more historical events on this day!)
Sep 14, 20268 min
Belisarius: Defeat of Vandals at Ad Decimum (+ 9 more historical events on this day!)
Sep 13, 20268 min
Battle of Muret: Turning Point in Albigensian Crusade (+ 12 more historical events on this day!)
Sep 12, 20269 min
Teutoburg Forest: Roman Defeat & European Divide (+ 14 more historical events on this day!)
Sep 11, 202611 min
Council of Agde: Visigothic Church Laws (+ 9 more historical events on this day!)
Sep 10, 20267 min
Arminius: The Teutoburg Ambush (+ 8 more historical events on this day!)
Sep 9, 20267 min
Huoyi 617: Li Yuan's Triumph & Tang Dynasty Rise (+ 9 more historical events on this day!)
Sep 8, 20267 min
Fall of Jerusalem: Roman Invasion & Temple Sacking (+ 9 more historical events on this day!)
Sep 7, 20267 min
The Battle of Frigidus: Theodosius I's Triumph (+ 6 more historical events on this day!)
Sep 6, 20266 min
Emperor Liu Yan: Rise of Southern Han (+ 9 more historical events on this day!)
Sep 5, 20267 min
Fall of Romulus: End of Western Roman Empire (+ 10 more historical events on this day!)
Sep 4, 20268 min
San Marino: Oldest Republic, Smallest Nation (+ 13 more historical events on this day!)
Sep 3, 202610 min
Jaffa Treaty: End of Third Crusade (+ 8 more historical events on this day!)
Sep 2, 20267 min
Consecration of Lund Cathedral Altar: Nordic Religious Authority (+ 10 more historical events on this day!)
Sep 1, 20268 min