On this day: October 14, 1964 – Nobel Peace Prize to Martin Luther King
Michael King Jr. was born on January 15, 1929 in Atlanta, Georgia,…
On this day: October 15, 1964 – N. Khrushchev is removed from the leadership of the USSR
“I'm old and tired. Let them fend for themselves. I did the…
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…
