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On this day: September 30, 1962 – Race riots at the University of Mississippi
"Race Trouble Shakes America," read the front page of the "Daily" on…
On this day: October 1, 1946 – The Nuremberg Trials conclude
It was October 1, 1946 when the International Military Tribunal at Nuremberg…
On this day: October 2, 1944 – The Warsaw Uprising ends
In the summer of 1944, Poland had been under German occupation for…
On this day: October 3, 1990 – Germany reunites
"With the raising of the German flag from the historic building of…
On this day: October 4, 1957 – The launch of the Soviet satellite “Sputnik 1”
After the death of Joseph Stalin in March 1953, Nikita Khrushchev emerged…
On this day: October 5, 1912 – Beginning of the First Balkan War
The end of the 19u and the beginning of the 20thuh h.…
On this day: October 6, 2004 – Genghis Khan’s palace is discovered
On October 6, 2004, a Japanese and Mongolian research team located the…
On this day: October 7, 2001 – The US begins bombing Afghanistan
Post-Cold War Afghanistan, from 1996 to 2001, was plagued by a civil…
On this day: October 8, 1973 – The “Marquezini experiment”
In October 1973, George Papadopoulos decided to implement the plan to liberalize…
On this day: October 9, 1934 – Alexander I of Yugoslavia and Louis Bartou are assassinated
Shortly before 4 pm on October 9, 1934, the Yugoslav warship "Dubrovnik"…
