1596 – English, French and Dutch delegates sign anti-Spanish “Triple Covenant”
1617 – Laurens Reael resigns as governor-general of Dutch East Indies
1907 – Calgary City Rugby Football Club’s 1st game defeating Strathcona Rugby Foot-ball Club 15-0 at Calgary
1980 – Polish government recognizes Solidarity trade union
1982 – “Rock ‘n Roll!: The 1st…” closes at St James NYC after 9 performances
1984 – Howard Goodall and Melvyn Bragg’s musical “Hired Man” premieres in London
1988 – 19°F lowest temperature ever recorded in Cleveland in Oct
2003 – A bankruptcy court approves MCI’s reorganization plans, essentially clearing the telecommunications company to exit bankruptcy.
2003 – Mahathir Mohamad resigns as Prime Minister of Malaysia and is replaced by Deputy Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, marking an end to Mahathir’s 22 years in power
2014 – Greg Maddux, Tom Glavine, Frank Thomas, Bobby Cox, Tony La Russa and Joe Torre are inducted into Baseball Hall of Fame, Cooperstown, NY
Category: Historical Events
Historical Events for 30th October 2019
1270 – The Eighth Crusade and siege of Tunis ended by agreement between Charles I of Sicily (brother to King Louis IX of France, who had died months earlier) and the sultan of Tunis.
1485 – Henry VII of England crowned at Westminster Abbey
1503 – Queen Isabella of Spain bans violence against indians
1918 – Slovakia asks for creation of Czechoslovakian state
1944 – Scots Highlanders liberate Waalwijk
1945 – Branch Rickey signs Jackie Robinson to a Montreal Royals
1952 – 4th NASCAR Sprint Cup: Tim Flock wins
1972 – The Northern Ireland Office issues a discussion document ‘The Future of Northern Ireland’; the paper states Britain’s commitment to the union as long as the majority of people wish to remain part of the United Kingdom
1975 – Giants pitcher John “the Count of” Montefusco wins NL Rookie of Year
1994 – Thomas Nicely reports bug in Intel’s Pentium-processor on the Internet
Historical Events for 29th October 2019
1889 – NY Giants (NL) beat Bkln (AA) in world series 6 games to 3
1889 – Queen Victoria grants Cecil Rhodes rights to Zambezia
1904 – First intercity trucking service (Colorado City and Snyder, Texas)
1939 – Golden Gate International Exposition closes (1st closure)
1956 – Suez Crisis erupts into war as Israel invades the Gaza Strip and the Sinai Peninsula, to be followed by a planned airborne assault by France and Britain
1958 – US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1965 – US performs underground nuclear test at Amchitka Island Aleutians
1970 – WYEA (now WLTZ) TV channel 38 in Columbus, GA (NBC) 1st broadcast
2002 – Ho Chi Minh City ITC Inferno, a fire destroys a luxurious department store with 1,500 people shopping. Over 60 people died and over 100 are missing. It is the deadliest disaster in Vietnam during peacetime.
2004 – In Rome, 25 European heads of state sign a Treaty establishing a Constitution for Europe
Historical Events for 28th October 2019
969 – Byzantine troops occupy Antioch (in modern Syria)
1864 – Second Battle of Newtonia (American Civil War), Newton County, Missouri
1864 – Second Battle at Fair Oaks, Virginia, ends with 1554 casualties
1924 – French-Russian trade agreement signed
1939 – Anti-German demonstrations/strikes in Czechoslovakia
1953 – Red Barber, resigns as Dodger sportscaster to join Yankees
1975 – Venezuela and foreign oil companies agree on nationalization as of January 1, 1976
1995 – 11th Rugby League World Cup: Australia beats England 16-8
2015 – Third Republican presidential candidates debate run by CNBC in Boulder, Colorado
2017 – Twin car bomb attacks in Mogadishu, Somalia, kill at least 27, Islamist militant group al-Shabab claim responsibility
Historical Events for 27th October 2019
625 – Honorius I begins his reign as Catholic Pope
1867 – Giuseppe Garibaldi marches on Rome for the second time
1941 – Nazi’s directs gypsy ghetto in Belgrade
1945 – “Carib Song” closes at Adelphi Theater NYC after 36 performances
1961 – Outer Mongolia and Mauritania become 102nd and 103rd members of UN
1966 – UN deprives South Africa of Namibia
1973 – Alabama sets offensive record (828 yds), beats Virginia Tech 77-6
1975 – Covers of both Time and Newsweek picture rock singer Bruce Springsteen
1979 – Islanders score 2 goals within 6 seconds 3 goals within 44 seconds
1998 – Helmut Kohl resigns as Chancellor of Germany after 16 years, following a landslide defeat in elections
Historical Events for 26th October 2019
1916 – Margaret Sanger arrested for obscenity (advocating birth control)
1922 – Italian government resigns under pressure from fascists and Benito Mussolini
1941 – Second meeting of partisans Tito and Draza Mihailovic in Yugoslavia
1950 – Branch Rickey resigns as Brooklyn Dodger president
1978 – Independent Counsel Act is signed into law.
1983 – USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
1997 – Jacques Villeneuve finishes 3rd in European Grand Prix at Jerez, Spain; first Canadian to win F1 World Drivers Championship; wins by 39 points from Michael Schumacher
2000 – NY Yankees beat NY Mets, 4-2 in Game 5 at Shea Stadium to win “Subway Series”; Yankees 3rd straight Baseball World Series; Yanks infielder Derek Jeter MVP
2015 – 7.5 magnitude earthquake hits northern Pakistan and Afghanistan killing over 300
2018 – Longest Baseball World Series game by both innings and time; LA Dodgers beat Boston Red Sox, 3-2 in the 18th inning (7 hours, 20 mins) in Game 3 at Dodger Stadium with Max Muncy walk-off homer
Historical Events for 25th October 2019
1241 – Goffredo Castiglioni elected as Pope Coelestinus IV (-Nov 10 1241)
1942 – Battle of Henderson Field Guadalcanal begins
1952 – Nazar Mohammad scores Pakistan’s 1st Test century 124* v India
1966 – Jimi Hendrix Experience play their first UK gig as a private showcase at The Scotch of St. James in London
1972 – Eddy Merckx (Belgium) covers 30 miles, 1,258 yards in 1 hr
1975 – Denver Nuggets 1st game at McNichols Sports Arena beat St Louis Spirits
1988 – ABC News reports on potbellied pygmy pigs’ popularity as pets
1992 – “Jake’s Women” closes at Neil Simon Theater NYC after 245 performances
2012 – The double dip recession in the UK economy ends with growth of 1.0% in GDP in the third quarter of 2012, with help from the London Olympic Games
2017 – Chinese Premier Xi Jinping unveils his new ruling council in the Great Hall of the People, none of the five are young enough to succeed him
Historical Events for 24th October 2019
1851 – William Lassell discovers Ariel and Umbriel, satellites of Uranus
1929 – Rudy Vallee’s “The Fleishmann’s Yeast Hour” begins broadcasting on NBC radio
1930 – A bloodless coup d’état in Brazil ousts Washington Luís Pereira de Sousa, the last President of the First Republic. Getúlio Vargas then installed as “provisional president.”
1945 – Charter of United Nations comes into effect
1948 – WJBK TV channel 2 in Detroit, MI (CBS) begins broadcasting
1961 – “Evening with Yves Montand” opens at John Golden Theatre, NYC for 55 performances
1982 – 13th NYC Marathon won by Alberto Salazar in 2:09:29
1984 – 11 members of Colombo crime family arrested
1991 – Larry Ryckman purchases CFL Calgary Stampeders
2002 – Wuxia film “Hero” directed by Zhang Yimou, starring Jet Li released in China (US release 2004)
Historical Events for 23rd October 2019
1694 – American colonial forces, led by Sir William Phipps, fail to seize Quebec
1739 – War of Jenkins’ Ear starts: British Prime Minister, Robert Walpole, reluctantly declares war on Spain
1814 – 1st plastic surgery is performed (England)
1935 – Mackenzie King is elected as Prime Minister of Canada for the third time
1944 – Vice Admiral Takeo Kurita’s flagship the heavy cruiser Atago sinks during the Battle of Leyte Gulf
1971 – WXLT (now WWSB) TV channel 40 in Sarasota-Bradenton, FL (ABC) begins
1973 – Richard Nixon agrees to turn over White House tape recordings to Judge John Sirica
1977 – 7th NYC Women’s Marathon won by Miki Gorman in 2:43:10
1980 – Soviet PM Nikolai Tichonov succeeds Alexei Kosygin, due to illness
2001 – Apple releases the iPod
Historical Events for 22nd October 2019
1575 – Foundation of Aguascalientes (one of 32 Federal Entities of Mexico)
1844 – Millerite Adventists wait for appearance of Jesus
1907 – Ringling Brothers Greatest Show on Earth buys Barnum and Bailey circus
1913 – Explosion at Dawson NM coal mine kills 263 mine workers
1930 – 1st concerto of BBC Symphony Orchestra, under Adrian Boult
1930 – SC Genemuiden soccer team forms
1942 – US gens Clark and Lemnitzer and French gen Mast meet secretly in Algeria
1969 – Paul McCartney denies rumors of his death
1973 – Security Council Resolution 338-cease fire to Yom Kippur War
1997 – Yahoo completes purchase of Four11