Historical Events In October - 08
0451 Council of Chalcedon (4th ecumenical council) opens on this day in history.
1275 On this day in history scottish forces put down a Manx rebellion in the Battle of Ronaldsway, Isle of Man
1604 The supernova called "Kepler's nova" is First sighted on this day in history.
1775 On this day in history officers decide to bar slaves and free blacks from Continental Army
1840 On this day in history first Hawaiian constitution proclaimed
1860 On this day in history telegraph line between LA and SF opens
1862 Battle of Perryville, KY-Confederate invasion halted on this day in history.
1865 On this day in history earthquake in Santa Cruz Mountains
1871 Great Fire kills 200, destroys over 4ýmiles (10 kmý) of Chicago buildings, and original Emancipation Proclamation on this day in history.
1886 On this day in history start of the Sherlock Holmes adventure "The Noble Bachelor" (BG)
1896 On this day in history dow Jones starts reporting an average of industrial stocks
1912 On this day in history first Balkan War begins
1916 On this day in history piper James C. Richardson (16th Cdn. Infanctry Batt.) winds the Victoria Cross at the Somme, France
1918 On this day in history capt. Coulson Norman Mitchell (4th Cdn. Infantry Batt.) wins the Victoria Cross at Cambrai, France
1918 On this day in history sgt Alvin York single-handedly kills 25, captures 132 Germans
1919 On this day in history the first transcontinental air race in the United States begins.
1934 On this day in history bruno Hauptmann is indicted for murder of Lindbergh's son
1935 On this day in history ozzie Nelson marries Harriet Hilliard (Ozzie and Harriet)
1939 On this day in history germany annexes Western Poland
1944 On this day in history "Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet" debut on CBS radio
1945 Truman announced atomic bomb secret shared with Britain and Canada on this day in history.
1952 2 trains collide with a derailed commuter train, kills 112 (England) on this day in history.
1955 Worlds most powerful aircraft carrier, Saratoga (US), launched on this day in history.
1957 Turkish and Syrian border guards exchange fire on this day in history.
1962 Algeria admitted as 109th member of the UN on this day in history.
1962 On this day in history n Korea reports 100% election turnout, 100% vote for Workers' Party
1963 Sultan of Zanzibar cedes his mainland possessions to Kenya on this day in history.
1964 On this day in history ringo Starr takes and passes his driving test
1970 On this day in history soviet author Alexander I Solzhenitsyn awarded Nobel Prize for Lit
1971 John Lennon releases his megahit "Imagine" on this day in history.
1981 On this day in history pres Reagan greeted predecessors Jimmy Carter, Gerald R Ford and Richard Nixon before sending them to Egypt for Anwar Sadat's funeral
1982 On this day in history poland bans Solidarity
1988 Fire in Seattle's Space Needle causes evacuation, $2,000 damage on this day in history.
1990 On this day in history israeli police kill 17 Palestinian rioters
1990 On this day in history uS doctors Joseph E Murray and E Donnall Thomas win Nobel Prize
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