1930 – 1st scheduled transcontinental air service began
1935 – Hurricane-produced floods kill 2,000 in Jeremie and Jacmel Haiti
1937 – Belgian government of Zealand falls due to black money
1950 – Dutch NSB leader C van Gelderen sentenced to life
1952 – First Dutch edition of children’s magazine “Donald Duck”
1957 – Russian minister of Defense Zjoekov deposed
1964 – Dutchman Anton Geesink is 1st non-Japanese Olympic judo gold medal winner
1968 – Czech gymnast Věra Čáslavská wins the uneven bars and vault gold medals at the Mexico City Olympics; her 6th and 7th career gold medals and her 4th at these Games
1981 – 12th NYC Marathon won by Alberto Salazar in 2:08:13
2013 – 74 Boko Harem members killed in a coordinated assault in Borno State, Nigeria
Category: Historical Events
Historical Events for 24th October 2018
1531 – Bavaria joins Schmalkaldic League
1851 – William Lassell discovers Ariel and Umbriel, satellites of Uranus
1911 – Captain Robert Falcon Scott’s expedition leaves Cape Evans for South Pole
1946 – A camera on board the V-2 No. 13 rocket, launched from Whites Sands US, takes the first photograph of earth from outer space.
1948 – Francis Poulenc’s “Sinfonietta” premieres
1958 – USSR lends Egypt 400 million rubles to build Aswan Dam
1968 – The People’s Democracy (PD) stage a protest demonstration at Stormont Parliament buildings, Belfast, Northern Ireland
1987 – Bork’s supreme court nomination rejected by senate
1992 – 10th Rugby League World Cup: Australia beats Great Britain 10-6
1992 – Toronto beats Braves, 4-3 in Game 6 at Atlanta–Fulton County Stadium to win their first Baseball World Series; Toronto catcher Pat Borders MVP
Historical Events for 23rd October 2018
1681 – French troops under King Louis XIV occupy Staatsburg
1853 – Maastricht-Aken railway in Netherlands opens
1915 – 1st national horseshoe throwing championship (Kellerton, Iowa)
1946 – UN General Assembly 2nd session convenes (1st NYC-Flushing Meadows)
1964 – Czech gymnast Věra Čáslavská wins the balance beam at the Tokyo Olympics; her 3rd gold medal of the Games with individual all-round and vault victories
1967 – “Henry, Sweet Henry” opens at Palace Theater NYC for 80 performances
1977 – Despite not driving in season ending Japanese Grand Prix, Austrian Niki Lauda wins his second World Formula 1 Drivers title by 17 points from Jody Scheckter of South Africa
1987 – Dutch government gives Fokker’s Aircraft Ÿ212 million credit
1994 – Solheim Cup Women’s Golf, The Greenbrier: US regains Cup; beats Europe, 13-7; Americans Dottie Mochrie and Bradie Burton both win their 3 matches
2001 – The Provisional Irish Republican Army of Northern Ireland commences disarmament after peace talks
Historical Events for 22nd October 2018
1862 – Confederate troops reconquer Cumperland Gap, Tennessee
1928 – ESL Robinson’s “Far-Off Hills” premieres in Dublin
1929 – James H Scullin forms Australia government
1932 – George Kaufman and Edna Ferbers “Dinner at 8” premieres in NYC
1935 – Establishment of the rank of Marshal of the Soviet Union
1961 – 75,000 Flemings demand equal rights and Flemish language in Belgium
1964 – French philosopher and author Jean-Paul Sartre refuses Nobel prize
1984 – NFL quarterback Ken Stabler retires
1988 – Supreme Ct Justice Sandra Day O’Connor OK after breast cancer surgery
1989 – Red Khmer occupies Pailin in Cambodia
Historical Events for 21st October 2018
1512 – Martin Luther joins the theological faculty of the University of Wittenberg.
1555 – English parliament refuses to recognize Philip of Spain as king
1914 – Battle of Warsaw ends with German defeat
1950 – Tom Powers of Duke scores 6 touchdowns
1957 – Marlene Hagge wins LPGA Lawton Golf Open
1973 – A’s manager Dick Williams quits after A’s beat Mets in World Series
1986 – Republic of Marshall Islands signs Compact of Free Association with US
1987 – Nobel Prize in Economics awarded to Robert M Solow
2005 – 52nd National Film Awards (India): “Page 3” wins the Golden Lotus
2009 – MLB National League Championship: Philadelphia Phillies beat Los Angeles Dodgers, 4 games to 1
Historical Events for 20th October 2018
1910 – 1st appearance of cork centered baseball in World Series
1921 – Germany and Allies comes to an agreements over reparation payments in a meeting at Wiensbaden
1924 – 1st Negro League World Series: KC Monarchs shuts out Hilldales, 5-0
1944 – US 1st army wins battle of Aachen
1968 – American Dick Fosbury using his unconventional technique wins the men’s high jump gold medal with 2.24m at the Mexico City Olympics; “Fosbury Flop” becomes accepted most efficient technique
1968 – Mamo Wolde wins 16th Olympic marathon (2:20:26.4)
1971 – The Nepal stock exchange collapses.
1982 – Billy Martin fired as manager of Oakland A’s
1988 – Reggie Rogers, Det Lion’s # 1 pick, kills 3 by driving intoxicated
1991 – Formal opening ceremony of Intl One Mind Zen center in Crestone, Colo
Historical Events for 19th October 2018
1919 – 1st US Distinguished Service Medal awarded to a living female recipient, Anna Howard Shaw
1932 – Jimmie Foxx wins AL MVP and Chuck Klein wins NL MVP
1936 – HR Ekins of “NY World-Telegram” beats 2 other reporters in a race around the world on commercial flights, by 18½ days
1957 – “Damn Yankees” closes at 46th St Theater NYC after 1,022 performances
1958 – Stirling Moss wins season ending Moroccan Grand Prix at Ain-Diab but fellow Brit Mike Hawthorn takes World Championship of Drivers from Moss by just 1 point by finishing second; first British world champion
1967 – Igor Ter-Ovanesyan of USSR, sets then long jump record at 27′ 4 3/4″
1983 – Grenada general Hudson Austin forms “revolutionary council”
1987 – Woody Woodward resigns as NY Yankee GM, Lou Piniella is named GM and Billy Martin is named NY Yankee manager for 5th and final time
1994 – 160 killed in fighting in Tsjetsjenie (Chechnya)
1997 – 700th World Series home run (Sandy Alomar, Cleveland Indians)
Historical Events for 18th October 2018
1667 – English fleet plunders Suriname plantations
1909 – Comte de Lambert of France sets airplane altitude record of 300 m
1940 – Kaufman and Harts “George Washington Slept Here” premieres in NYC
1976 – Nobel prize for chemistry awarded to American William Lipscomb
1989 – East German state/party leader Erich Honecker, resigns
1990 – “Once on this Island” opens at Booth Theater NYC for 469 performances
1992 – “Oba Oba ’93” closes at Marquis Theater NYC after 22 performances
1993 – STS-58 (Columbia) launches into orbit
2009 – QB Tom Brady throws five second quarter touchdowns against the Tennessee Titans, an NFL record for touchdown passes in one quarter
2012 – Syrian military airstrikes kill 40 people in Maaret al-Numan
Historical Events for 17th October 2018
1808 – Political rights of Jews suspended in Duchy of Warsaw
1899 – Sutro railroad sold to Robert F Morrow for $215,000
1907 – Guglielmo Marconi’s company begins the first commercial transatlantic wireless service between Glace Bay, Nova Scotia, Canada and Clifden, Ireland
1916 – Dutch women demonstrate for female suffrage
1974 – NBA New Orleans Jazz begin a 28 game road losing streak
1979 – Pittsburgh Pirates beat Balt Orioles, 4 games to 3 in 76th World Series
1988 – Dallas Green replaces Lou Pinella as manager of NY Yankees
1988 – Traveling Wilburys Volume 1 is released
1991 – News anchor Bree Walker Lampley files an FCC complaint that LA radio KFI-AM personally attacked her by discuss her having a disformed baby
2000 – Train crash at Hatfield, north of London, leading to collapse of Railtrack
Historical Events for 16th October 2018
1311 – Council of Vienne (15th ecumenical council) opens
1907 – David Belasco’s “Grand Army Man,” premieres in NYC
1921 – Jim Conzelman takes over as coach of Rock Island Independents from Frank Coughlin-only mid-game coaching change in NFL history
1940 – Benjamin Oliver Davis Sr. is promoted to brigadier general, the first African-American person to become a general in the US military
1981 – Harvey Fierstein’s “Torch Song Trilogy,” premieres in NYC
1982 – USSR performs underground nuclear test
1988 – Orel Hirsheiser, 1st to pitch shutout in playoff and World Series
1995 – Allan Donald takes 8-71 as South Africa defeat Zimbabwe
2014 – MLB National League Championship: San Francisco Giants beat St. Louis Cardinals, 4 games to 1
2017 – Panama Papers Maltese journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia killed in a suspicious car bomb in Malta