310 – St Eusebius ends his reign as Catholic Pope
1816 – The Penang Free School is founded in George Town, Penang, Malaysia, by the Rev Hutchings. It is the oldest English-language school in Southeast Asia.
1950 – Tom Powers of Duke scores 6 touchdowns
1967 – Tens of thousands of anti-Vietnam War protesters march on the Pentagon, besieging the military headquarters for two days
1989 – “Dangerous Games” closes at Nederlander Theater NYC after 4 performances
1991 – 24 die in a fire in Oakland Calif
1995 – Mario Tremblay, selected 22nd NHL coach of Montreal Canadians
2007 – MLB American League Championship: Boston Red Sox beat Cleveland Indians, 4 games to 3
2019 – Australia’s biggest newspapers all blank out their front pages in protest against press restrictions
2020 – Parents of 545 children cannot be found that were separated at the US-Mexico border according to American Civil Liberties Union
Category: Historical Events
Historical Events for 20th October 2021
1600 – Battle of Sekigahara sets Tokugawa clan as Japan’s rulers (shoguns)
1751 – Royal ship Duc de Bourgogne launched at Rochefort
1847 – 12 year old English boy William Nelman poisons his grandpa with arsenic, would become famous court case
1899 – Battle at Talana Hill, Natal: British army vs Boers
1912 – Hannes Kolehmainen runs world record marathon (2:29:39.2)
1944 – Soviet and Yugoslav troops free Belgrade
1973 – US President Nixon accepts the resignations of Attorney General Elliot L. Richardson and Deputy Attorney General William D. Ruckelshaus as they refuse orders to discharge Watergate Special Prosecutor Archibald Cox, in what has become known as “The Saturday Night Massacre”
1991 – Formal opening ceremony of Intl One Mind Zen center in Crestone, Colo
1992 – 1st Baseball World Series game is played outside United States; Toronto Blue Jays beat Atlanta Braves, 3-2 in Game 3 at SkyDome in Toronto, Ontario
2017 – Pollution linked to 1 in 6 deaths worldwide or 9 million in 2015 in report published in “The Lancet”
Historical Events for 19th October 2021
1492 – Christopher Columbus sights “Isabela”, now Fortune Island/Long Cay, Bahamas
1856 – James Kelly and Jack Smith fight bareknuckle for 6h15m in Melbourne
1879 – Afghan’s emir Mohammed Yakub forced to resign
1944 – John Van Druten’s “I Remember Mama” premieres in NYC
1966 – USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
1968 – The West German crew beats Australia by just 0.9s to win the men’s eights rowing gold medal at the Mexico City Olympics
1973 – Ringo Starr releases music single “Photograph” in the UK
1993 – UN authorizes arms, military and police supply embargo against Haiti
2019 – UK parliament votes for the Letwin amendment in a special Saturday sitting, which forces Boris Johnson to ask the EU for an extension and delays vote on his Brexit deal
2020 – US charges six Russian military officers with massive cyber-attack meant to disrupt 2020 Tokyo Olympics, 2017 French presidential election, and Ukraine’s power grid
Historical Events for 18th October 2021
1863 – Battle of Charlestown, WV
1929 – Women are considered “Persons” under Canadian law
1952 – Vinoo Mankad takes 13 Pakistan wkts to win 1st India-Pak clash
1966 – “Apple Tree” opens at Shubert Theater NYC for 463 performances
1977 – NY Yankees win their 21st World Championship, 4 games
1979 – USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
1980 – Brooke Alexander, 18, of Hawaii, crowned Miss World USA
1991 – US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1991 – “My Own Private Idaho” directed and written by Gus van Sant starring River Phoenix and Keanu Reeves is released
1997 – The groundbreaking Guggenheim Museum, designed by Frank Gehry, is inaugurated by King Juan Carlos I in Bilbao, Spain
Historical Events for 17th October 2021
1483 – Tomas de Torquemada appointed inquisitor-general of Spain
1959 – “Billy Barnes Revue” closes at John Golden Theater NYC after 87 performances
1967 – USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
1974 – “Don’t Bother Me, I Can’t Cope” closes at Playhouse NYC after 1065 per
1975 – 1st Space Shuttle main engine test at National Space Tech Labs, Miss
1988 – Phillip Morris announces $11 Billion tender offer for Kraft
1988 – Lyndon LaRouche pleads innocent to fraud, conspiracy indictment
1990 – “Jackie Mason – Brand New” opens at Neil Simon Theater, NYC; runs for 216 performances
1991 – News anchor Bree Walker Lampley files an FCC complaint that LA radio KFI-AM personally attacked her by discussing her having a disformed baby
2017 – American short-story writer George Saunders wins the Man Booker Prize for his first novel “Lincoln in the Bardo”
Historical Events for 16th October 2021
1909 – In his 4th title defence Jack Johnson KOs Stanley Ketchel in the 12th round at Mission St Arena, Colma, California to retain his heavyweight boxing crown
1916 – T. E. Lawrence (of Arabia) meets with Fasal Hoessein
1969 – Soyuz 6 returns to Earth
1980 – China performs nuclear test at Lop Nor, PRC
1992 – 1,700th David Letterman Show
1995 – Allan Donald takes 8-71 as South Africa defeat Zimbabwe
2000 – MLB National League Championship: New York Mets beat St. Louis Cardinals, 4 games to 1
2005 – Renault driver Fernando Alonso wins season-ending Chinese Grand Prix at Shanghai International Circuit; first Spanish Formula 1 World Drivers champion; wins by 21 points from Kimi Räikkönen
2012 – Conflict in Maiduguri, Nigeria, leads to 24 militant deaths and several structures set ablaze
2013 – The United States ends its 16-day government shut down and avoids default in a Bi-partisan deal in the Senate
Historical Events for 15th October 2021
1724 – Cornelis Steenoven is 1st archbishop of Old Catholic church in Utrecht, The Netherlands
1866 – Great fire in Quebec destroys 2,500 houses
1914 – US Clayton Anti-trust Act passed (union and strike rights)
1928 – Walter Johnson signs a 3-year contract to manage the Senators
1938 – Robert Sherwoods “Abe Lincoln in Illinois” premieres in NYC
1977 – Arkansas’ Steve Little kicks a record tying 67 yard field goal
1979 – Military coup in El Salvador: President Carlos Romero flees
1981 – Professional cheerleader Krazy George Henderson leads what is thought to be the first audience wave in Oakland, California.
2000 – Larry David’s comedy show “Curb Your Enthusiasm” debuts on HBO
2011 – Legoland Florida (the world’s largest Legoland theme park) opens in Winter Haven, Florida
Historical Events for 14th October 2021
1773 – American Revolutionary War: The United Kingdom’s East India Company tea ships’ cargo are burned at Annapolis, Maryland.
1942 – Japanese battleship strikes Henderson Field, Guadalcanal
1944 – Allied troops land in Corfu
1947 – Dutch Queen Wilhelmina gives golden award to general Eisenhower
1958 – Malagasy Republic becomes autonomous republic in French Community
1968 – In NL expansion draft, Expos and Padres choose 30 players each
1971 – John Lennon and Yoko Ono appear on “Dick Cavett Show”
1987 – In Midland, Tx 1½-year-old Jessica McClure falls 22′ (7m) down a well
1988 – NJ Devils raise their 1st pennant by winning the Patrick Division Playoff Championship
1994 – NASA Space probe Magellan burns up in atmosphere of Venus
Historical Events for 13th October 2021
1307 – French King Philip IV has Grand Master Jacques de Molay and Knights Templar arrested and charged of idolatry and corruption
1863 – Skirmish at Blountsville, Tennessee (50 casualties)
1924 – Mecca falls without struggle to Saudi forces led by Abdulaziz Ibn Saud
1962 – Edward Albee’s play “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?” opens on Broadway featuring actress Uta Hagen
1966 – Jimi Hendrix Experience debuts with American guitarist Jimi Hendrix, British bassist Noel Redding and British drummer Mitch Mitchell in Évreux, Normandy, France
1985 – During NLCS, Cards rookie Vince Coleman is injured stretching before game as his left leg is caught in Busch Stadium’s automated tarpaulin
1986 – 20th Country Music Association Award: Reba McEntire wins
1993 – Mighty Ducks win their 1st NHL game
1997 – Andy Green’s Jet-powered car reaches record 749.69 MPH
2015 – First Democratic presidential candidates debate, broadcast by CNN and held in Las Vegas, Nevada
Historical Events for 12th October 2021
1549 – John Dudley, Earl of Warwick, forces the Duke of Somerset out of his office as Lord Protector.
1729 – Willem KH Friso installed as viceroy of Gelderland
1836 – 18″ of snow falls in Bridgewater, NY
1928 – 1st use of iron lung (Boston’s Children Hospital)
1978 – Representatives of Israel and Egypt open talks in Washington
1979 – Future Basketball Hall of Fame forward Magic Johnson makes his debut for Los Angeles Lakers at the San Diego Clippers; Lakers win, 103-102
1979 – Typhoon Tip becomes the most intense tropical cyclone ever recorded with peak sustained winds of 305km/h (190mph) and a wind diameter of 2,220km (1,380mi)
1992 – Wash Redskin Art Monk sets NFL record with 820th reception
2014 – Evo Morales is re-elected President of Bolivia
2019 – California is the 1st US state to pass law banning sale and manufacture of new fur products