Page 8: Historical Events In October - 04

2007  Spanish authorities arrest 22 people associated with the banned Batasuna party which campaigns for Basque independence, but also has ties to the terrorist group ETA.   

2011  The death toll from the flooding of Cambodia's Mekong River and attendant flash floods reaches 207.   

2011  2011 Mogadishu bombing: 100 people are killed in a car bombing in the Somali capital Mogadishu   

2012  Turkey’s parliament approves cross-border military operations in Syria   

2014  New Zealand win the 2014 Rugby Championship   

2017  English PM Theresa May suffers nightmare speech at Conservative National Conference as her voice fails, pranster interupts and set collapses   

2017  Nobel Prize for Chemistry awarded to Jacques Dubochet, Joachim Frank and Richard Henderson for their work on cryo-electron microscopy.   

2018  New England's Tom Brady is recorded as becoming only 3rd NFL quarterback to record 500 career touchdown passes as he connects with Josh Gordon in Patriots' 38-24 win over the Indianapolis Colts at Foxborough.   

2019  2019 Hong Kong protests: Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam and the Chief Executive in Council invokes the Emergency Regulations Ordinance and banning the face mask in public gatherings with immediate effect   

2021  Fumio Kishida is recorded as becoming the 100th Prime Minister of Japan, succeeding Yoshihide Suga.[208].   

2023  Kevin McCarthy is recorded as becoming inaugural speaker of the US House of Representatives to be voted out by fellow Republican hard-liners, led by Matt Gaetz [1].   

2025  22nd known lethal US military strike in international waters of suspected drug smuggling vessel results in the deaths of four in the eastern Pacific Ocean   

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1160  Alys: Countess of the vexin, daughter of louis vii of france   

1276  Margaret of brabant: Queen of germany   

1289  Louis x: The stubborn, king of france (1314-16)   

1331  James butler: 2nd earl of ormonde   

1379  King henry iii of castile: King henry iii of castile (d. 1406)   

1515  Lucas cranach: The younger, german painter   

1542  Roberto bellarmino: Italian theologist/diplomat   

1542  Robert bellarmine: Italian saint   

1072  Sancho ii: King of castile/bro of alfonso vi, murdered at about 35   

1221  William iii talvas: Count of ponthieu (b. 1179)   

1250  Herman vi: Margrave of baden   

1305  Emperor kameyama of japan: Emperor kameyama of japan (b. 1249)   

1540  Helius eobanus hessus: German humanist/poet (silvae),   

1564  Pietro p vergerio: Italian theologist/bishop of croatia,   

1571  Claude togniel d'espence: French theologist (sorbonne),   

1582  Theresia van avila: Spanish mystic writer,