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"…
On this day: October 10, 1935 – The Movement of Georgios Kondylis
The question of the change of state, i.e. the restoration of the…
