On This Day In History, 1 October
The Nuremberg trials ended in 1946, production of the Ford Model T started in 1908, Richard Harris was born in 1930, and more…
October
The tenth month of the year, the last day of the month is known as Halloween, October has 31 days
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On This Day In History, 2 October
The Warsaw Uprising ended in 1944, Whats The Story Morning Glory by Oasis was released in 1995, Gandhi was born in 1869, and more…
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On This Day In History, 3 October
The Emergency Economic Stabilization Act was signed in 2008, O J Simpson was acquitted in 1995, Ronnie Barker died in 2005, and more…
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On This Day In History, 4 October
Sputnik 1 was launched in 1957, the Boys Brigade was founded in 1883, the 1st US Open was played in 1895, and more…
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On This Day In History, 5 October
The First Opium War started in 1839, the Munich Massacre started in 1972, The Joan Rivers Show aired for the 1st time in 1989, and...
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On This Day In History, 6 October
The Moulin Rouge cabaret in Paris opened in 1889, The Mousetrap opened in London in 1952, Bette Davis died in 1989, and more…
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On This Day In History, 7 October
1st photographs of the far side of the moon taken in 1959, Spotify was launched in 2008, #Cats debuted on Broadway in 1982, and more…
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On This Day In History, 8 October
Che Guevara was captured in Bolivia in 1967, the BT Tower in London was officially opened in 1965, Matt Damon was born in 1970, and...
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On This Day In History, 9 October
Malala Yousafzai shot by a Taliban gunman in 2012, Strawberry Fields in Central Park dedicated in 1985, John Lennon was born in 1940, and more…
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On This Day In History, 10 October
Hurricane Huracan San Calixto formed in 1780, Labour won the UK General Election in 1974, GoodVibrations was released in 1966, and more…
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On This Day In History, 11 October
The 100th Space Shuttle mission launched in 2000, the Mary Rose which sank in 1545, was raised in 1982, Imagine was released in the US...
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On This Day In History, 12 October
The IRA Brighton Bombing took place in 1984, Christ The Redeemer was dedicated in 1931, Pavarotti was born in 1935 in Modena, and more…
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On This Day In History, 13 October
Construction of The White House began in 1792, the US Navy was founded in 1775, Margaret Thatcher was born in 1925, and more…
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On This Day In History, 14 October
The Battle Of Hastings was fought in 1066, Winnie-The-Pooh was published in 1926, Cliff Richard was born in 1940 in India, and more…
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On This Day In History, 15 October
Shenzhou 5 launched in 2003, 1st manned mission of the Chinese Space Program, Legoland Florida opened in 2011, Mario Puzo was born in 1920, and...
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On This Day In History, 16 October
Karol Jozef Wojtyła became Pope John Paul II in 1978, the Walt Disney Company was founded in 1923, Oscar Wilde was born in 1854, and...
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On This Day In History, 17 October
The Burma Railway was completed in 1943, Albert Einstein arrived in the US in 1933, 1st Open Championship held in 1860, and more…
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On This Day In History, 18 October
The BBC was founded in 1922, Al Capone was convicted of tax evasion in 1931, The Jungle Book movie was released in 1967, and more…
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On This Day In History, 19 October
Black Monday hit the financial markets in 1987, Mother Teresa was beatified in 2003, Dances With Wolves premiered in 1990, and more…
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On This Day In History, 20 October
The Sydney Opera House opened in 1973, Colonel Gaddafi captured and killed in 2011, Ayrton Senna won the 1991 Drivers’ Championship, and more…
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On This Day In History, 21 October
Battle Of Trafalgar in 1805, Florence Nightingale went to the Crimean War in 1854, My Fair Lady was released in 1964, and more...
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On This Day In History, 22 October
The 1st parachute jump was made in 1797, Doctor Crippen was sentenced to death in 1910, 1st televised NFL game in 1939, and more…
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On This Day In History, 23 October
The 1st Apple iPod was released in 2001, Skyfall, the 23rd James Bond movie, premiered in 2012, Pele was born in 1940, and more…
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On This Day In History, 24 October
The United Nations came into force in 1945, the final commercial British Airways Concorde flight in 2003, Wayne Rooney was born in 1985, and more…
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On This Day In History, 25 October
The Charge Of The Light Brigade occurred in 1854, Windows XP went on general sale in 2001, Pablo Picasso was born in 1881 in Málaga,...
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On This Day In History, 26 October
The Gunfight at the OKCorral occurred in 1881, The Beatles received their MBEs in 1965, Bob Hoskins was born in 1942, and more…
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On This Day In History, 27 October
Cuban Missile Crisis, Black Saturday occurred in 1962, Rebel Without A Cause was released in 1955, John Cleese was born in 1939, and more…
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On This Day In History, 28 October
The Volstead Act became effective in 1919, prohibition in the US, the Cuban Missile Crisis ended in 1962, Bill Gates was born in 1955, and...
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On This Day In History, 29 October
Lindy Chamberlain was convicted in 1982, later acquitted, Margaret Thatcher opened the M25 in 1986, Asterix 1st appeared in 1959, and more…
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On This Day In History, 30 October
The Russian made nuclear Tsar Bomba was tested in 1961, the Rumble In The Jungle took place in 1974, Henry Winkler was born, and more...
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On This Day In History, 31 October
Today is known as Halloween, as well as All Hallows’ Eve or All Saints’ Eve, the Battle Of Britain officially ended in 1940, and more…