romeomikegolf
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1956: The Hungarian Revolution begins as thousands take to the streets to demand an end to Soviet rule.
Reply #841. Oct 23 11, 2:36 AM
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paulmallon 
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Oct 23, 42 B.C.:
Brutus commits suicide
Reply #842. Oct 23 11, 12:23 PM
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romeomikegolf
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1929: The Wall Street Crash begins in New York with Black Thursday. It causes a worldwide economic depression.
Reply #843. Oct 24 11, 12:49 AM
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paulmallon
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10/24:
On this day in 1901, a 63-year-old schoolteacher named Annie Edson Taylor becomes the first person to take the plunge over Niagara Falls in a barrel.
Reply #844. Oct 24 11, 6:55 AM
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romeomikegolf
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1415: Henry V's outnumbered English army defeats the 'flower of French chivalry' at the Battle of Agincourt.
Reply #845. Oct 25 11, 5:30 AM
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boxjaw
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2011: The last of the largest and oldest thermonuclear weapons in the US arsenal is scheduled for disassembly on this day.
Reply #846. Oct 25 11, 10:46 AM
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paulmallon
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10/25/86: Mookie Wilson's two out ,9th inning ground ball gets through the legs of Bill Buckner allowing Ray Knight to score the winning run in game six of the World Series.
The Mets would also come from behind in game seven to defeat the Boston Dead Sox and take the title.
I still maintain that Mookie would have beaten Buckner to the bag even if he fielded it cleanly (but Knight would not have scored)
Reply #847. Oct 25 11, 9:05 PM
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romeomikegolf
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1951: Winston Churchill becomes prime minister for the second time, with a narrow victory over Labour.
Reply #848. Oct 26 11, 1:29 AM
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paulmallon
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Oct 26, 1825:
Erie Canal opens
The Erie Canal opens, connecting the Great Lakes with the Atlantic Ocean via the Hudson River. Governor DeWitt Clinton of New York, the driving force behind the project, led the opening ceremonies and rode the canal boat Seneca Chief from Buffalo to New York City.
Reply #849. Oct 26 11, 11:47 AM
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romeomikegolf
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1662: Much in need of money, Charles II sells the strategic port of Dunkirk to Louis XIV of France.
Reply #850. Oct 27 11, 2:32 AM
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romeomikegolf
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1962: Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev agrees to remove missiles from Cuba, ending the Cuban Missile Crisis.
Reply #851. Oct 28 11, 1:03 AM
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romeomikegolf
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1940: The US introduces peace time conscription for the first time in its history, in anticipation of war.
Reply #852. Oct 29 11, 12:59 AM
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paulmallon
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Oct 29, 1929:
Stock market crashes
Black Tuesday hits Wall Street as investors trade 16,410,030 shares on the New York Stock Exchange in a single day. Billions of dollars were lost, wiping out thousands of investors, and stock tickers ran hours behind because the machinery could not handle the tremendous volume of trading. In the aftermath of Black Tuesday, America and the rest of the industrialized world spiraled downward into the Great Depression
Reply #853. Oct 29 11, 10:31 AM
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romeomikegolf
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1905: Tsar Nicholas II grants Russia's first ever constitution and parliament after protests and revolution.
Reply #854. Oct 30 11, 2:32 AM
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paulmallon
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Oct 30, 1974:
Muhammad Ali wins the Rumble in the Jungle
On October 30, 1974, 32-year-old Muhammad Ali becomes the heavyweight champion of the world for the second time when he knocks out 25-year-old champ George Foreman in the eighth round of the "Rumble in the Jungle," a match in Kinshasa, Zaire. Seven years before, Ali had lost his title when the government accused him of draft-dodging and the boxing commission took away his license. His victory in Zaire made him only the second dethroned champ in history to regain his belt.
Reply #855. Oct 30 11, 9:02 AM
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romeomikegolf
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1517: German theologian Martin Luther publishes his '95 theses', sparking the Protestant Reformation.
Reply #856. Oct 31 11, 7:11 AM
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paulmallon
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Oct 31, 1984:
The prime minister of India is assassinated
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Indira Gandhi, the prime minister of India, is assassinated in New Delhi by two of her own bodyguards. Beant Singh and Satwant Singh, both Sikhs, emptied their guns into Gandhi as she walked to her office from an adjoining bungalow. Although the two assailants immediately surrendered, they were both shot in a subsequent scuffle, and Beant died
Reply #857. Oct 31 11, 9:34 AM
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paulmallon
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10/31/1988
The first Monday Night NFL game is played:
Colts 55-Denver 23
Reply #858. Oct 31 11, 9:42 AM
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paulmallon
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Nov 1, 1512:
Sistine Chapel ceiling opens to public
The ceiling of the Sistine Chapel in Rome, one of Italian artist Michelangelo's finest works, is exhibited to the public for the first time.
Reply #859. Nov 01 11, 10:32 AM
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romeomikegolf
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1960: Penguin Books is cleared of obscenity for publishing DH Lawrence's 'Lady Chatterley's Lover'.
Reply #860. Nov 02 11, 1:19 AM
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