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
Category: Historical Events
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
Historical Events for 11th October 2021
1852 – The University of Sydney, Australia’s oldest university, is inaugurated in Sydney.
1863 – Skirmish at Rheatown/Henderson’s Mill, Tennessee
1906 – San Francisco Board of Education orders segregation in separate schools of Japanese, Chinese, and Korean children sparking diplomatic crisis
1929 – JC Penney opens store #1252 in Milford, Delaware, making it a nationwide company with stores in all 48 U.S. states.
1929 – Sean O’Casey’s “Silver Tassle” premieres in London
1932 – 1st political telecast (Democratic National Committee) at CBS, NYC
1984 – NASA launches space vehicle S-208
2000 – South African Cricket Board issues former captain Hansie Cronje with a life ban as a result of match-fixing allegations
2012 – A further 83 people are killed throughout Syria by the Syrian army
2020 – British Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton wins Eifel Grand Prix at Germany’s Nürburgring to equal Michael Schumacher’s record of 91 Formula 1 victories
Historical Events for 10th October 2021
1921 – NFL Decatur Staleys become Chicago Staleys, win 14-10
1923 – Saxony gets Social Democratic and Communist coalition government
1960 – Cyclone hits coast of Gulf of Bengal; about 4000 die
1963 – France cedes control of the Bizerte naval base to Tunisia
1968 – George Harrison forms Singsong Ltd
1974 – A’s Mike Andrews files $25 million lawsuit against Charlie Finley
1990 – Mexican singer and actress Thalia releases her debut album “Thalía”
1990 – US 67th manned space mission STS 41 (Discovery 11) returns from space
2002 – Former cricketer Imran Khan elected to the Pakistani Parliament after winning the seat of Mianwali-I
2009 – After closed borders for nearly two hundred years, Armenia and Turkey sign protocols in Zurich to open their borders