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Events on the 9th of October in history

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09 Oct 0768 Charles the Great and Charlamane II divide French Republic
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09 Oct 0768 Carloman I and Charlemagne are crowned Kings of The Franks.
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09 Oct 0869 Charles the Bare crowned King of Lotharingen
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09 Oct 1000 Leif Ericson discovers "Vinland" (possibly New England)
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09 Oct 1192 Richard Coeur de Leeuw leaves Jerusalem in disguise
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09 Oct 1238 James I of Aragon conquers Valencia and founds the Kingdom of Valencia.
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09 Oct 1264 The Kingdom of Castile conquers the city of Jerez that was under Muslim occupation since 711.
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09 Oct 1290 Last of 16,000 English Jews expelled by King Edward I, leaves
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09 Oct 1446 Korean Hangual alphabet devised
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09 Oct 1446 The hangul alphabet is published in Korea.
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09 Oct 1514 King Louis XII of France marries Mary Tudor, Daughter of Henry VIII
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09 Oct 1514 Marriage of Louis XII of France and Mary Tudor.
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09 Oct 1557 Trujillo is founded in Venezuela.
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09 Oct 1558 Mérida is founded in Venezuela.
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09 Oct 1573 Don Frederik disbands siege of Alkmaar
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09 Oct 1582 Because of the implementation of the Gregorian calendar, this day does not exist in this year in Italy, Poland, Portugal and Spain.
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09 Oct 1594 The army of the Portuguese Empire is annihilated by the Kingdom of Kandy on Sri Lanka, bringing an end to the Campaign of Danture.
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09 Oct 1595 The Spanish army captures Cambrai.
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09 Oct 1597 Earl Mauritius occupies Breevoort
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09 Oct 1604 Supernova 1604, the most recent supernova to be observed in the Milky Way.
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09 Oct 1617 Peace of Pavia (Spain & Savoye)
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09 Oct 1621 Turkey and Poland signs Peace of Chotin
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09 Oct 1635 Religious dissident Roger Williams banished from Mass Bay Colony
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09 Oct 1635 Founder of Rhode Island Roger Williams is banished from the Massachusetts Bay Colony as a religious dissident after he speaks out against punishments for religious offenses and giving away Native American land.
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09 Oct 1651 English parliament proclaims Navigation Act off
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09 Oct 1668 Mass society storms palace of "heretics" Spanish gov Jose de Paternina
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09 Oct 1701 Collegiate School of Ct (Yale University), chartered in New Haven
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09 Oct 1701 The Collegiate School of Connecticut (later renamed Yale University) is chartered in Old Saybrook, Connecticut.
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09 Oct 1708 Peter the Great defeats the Swedes at the Battle of Lesnaya.
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09 Oct 1716 England and France sign treaty
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09 Oct 1740 Netherlands Governor-General Adriaen Valckenier allows murder of 8000 Chinese inhabitants of Batavia
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09 Oct 1740 Dutch colonists and various slave groups begin massacring ethnic Chinese in Batavia, eventually killing 10,000 and leading to a two-year-long war throughout Java.
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09 Oct 1760 Seven Years' War: Russian forces occupy Berlin.
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09 Oct 1767 Surveying for the Mason–Dixon line separating Maryland from Pennsylvania is completed.
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09 Oct 1771 The Dutch merchant ship Vrouw Maria sinks near the coast of Finland.
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09 Oct 1794 French troops occupy Hertogenbosch
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09 Oct 1799 British frigate HMS Lutine sinks off Dutch coast
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09 Oct 1799 Sinking of HMS Lutine with the loss of 240 men and a cargo worth £1,200,000.
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09 Oct 1804 Hobart Tasmania founded
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09 Oct 1804 Hobart, capital of Tasmania, is founded.
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09 Oct 1806 Prussia declares war on France.
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09 Oct 1812 War of 1812: In a naval engagement on Lake Erie, American forces capture two British ships: HMS Detroit and HMS Caledonia.
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09 Oct 1817 University of Gent officially opens
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09 Oct 1818 Congress of Aken returns to France from Libya
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09 Oct 1820 Guayaquil, Ecuador declares its freedom from Ecuador
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09 Oct 1820 Guayaquil declares independence from Spain.
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09 Oct 1824 Slavery is abolished in Costa Rica.
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09 Oct 1831 Ioannis Kapodistrias, the first head of state of independent Greece is assassinated.
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09 Oct 1834 Opening of the Dublin and Kingstown Railway, the first public railway on the island of Ireland.
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09 Oct 1837 Steamboat "Home" sinks off Okracoke NC killing 100
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09 Oct 1845 The eminent and controversial Anglican, John Henry Newman, is received into the Roman Catholic Church.
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09 Oct 1854 Crimean War: The siege of Sebastopol begins.
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09 Oct 1855 Isaac Singer patents sewing machine motor
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09 Oct 1855 Joshua Stoddard of Worcester, Mass patents 1st calliope
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09 Oct 1861 American Civil War: Battle of Santa Rosa Island: Union troops repel a Confederate attempt to capture Fort Pickens.
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09 Oct 1863 Battle of Brady Station, VA (Culpeper Court House, Bristoe Station)
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09 Oct 1864 American Civil War: Battle of Tom's Brook: Union cavalrymen in the Shenandoah Valley defeat Confederate forces at Toms Brook, Virginia.
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09 Oct 1865 1st US underground pipeline for carrying oil is laid in Pennsylvania
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09 Oct 1870 Rome is incorporated into Italy by royal decree
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09 Oct 1872 Aaron Montgomery started his mail-order business
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09 Oct 1873 A meeting at the U.S. Naval Academy establishes the U.S. Naval Institute.
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09 Oct 1874 World Postal Union forms in Bern Switzerland
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09 Oct 1874 General Postal Union is created as a result of the Treaty of Berne.
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09 Oct 1876 1st 2-way telephone conversation, 1st over outdoor wires
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09 Oct 1877 American Humane Association organizes (Cleveland)
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09 Oct 1888 Washington Monument opens for public admittance
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09 Oct 1888 The Washington Monument officially opens to the general public.
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09 Oct 1890 Start of Sherlock Holmes adventure "Red-Headed League"
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09 Oct 1899 1st British troops reaches Durban South Africa
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09 Oct 1899 South Africa President Kruger routes British authorities ultimatum
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09 Oct 1900 8.3 earthquake shakes Cape Yakataga, Alaska
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09 Oct 1900 The Cook Islands become a territory of the United Kingdom.
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09 Oct 1903 11" (28.4 cm) rainfall in 24 hours (NYC)
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09 Oct 1905 Philadelphia Athletics meet Giants in World Series, Giants win 3-0
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09 Oct 1907 Las Cruces, New Mexico is incorporated.
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09 Oct 1909 Ty Cobb steals home in World Series game
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09 Oct 1911 An accidental bomb explosion in Hankou, Wuhan, China leads to the ultimate fall of the Qing Empire
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09 Oct 1913 The steamship SS Volturno catches fire in the mid-Atlantic.
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09 Oct 1914 German troops take Antwerp in World War I
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09 Oct 1914 World War I: Siege of Antwerp: Antwerp, Belgium falls to German troops.
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09 Oct 1915 Belgrade Serbia, surrenders to Central leaders
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09 Oct 1915 Gil Anderson races auto (165.1 km record) in Sheepshead Bay, New York
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09 Oct 1915 Louis Kaufmans "Unchastened Woman, " premieres in New York City
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09 Oct 1915 Woodrow Wilson becomes 1st President to attend a World Series game
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09 Oct 1916 Babe Ruth begins 29 2 / 3 scoreless World Series innings
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09 Oct 1916 Babe Ruth pitches andwins longest WS game (14 innings) 2-1
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09 Oct 1919 Black Sox Scandal: The Cincinnati Reds win the World Series.
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09 Oct 1920 1st World Series game in Cleveland, Indians win 2-1
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09 Oct 1926 Dutch Queen Wilhelmina opens Royal Colonial Institution
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09 Oct 1926 NBC (National Broadcasting Corporation) forms
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09 Oct 1928 New York Yankees become 1st to sweep consecutive World Series
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09 Oct 1928 New York Yankees sweep Cards in 25th World Series, Ruth hits 3 HR in game
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09 Oct 1930 1st transcontinental flight by a woman completed, Laura Ingalls
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09 Oct 1934 St. Louis Cardinals beat Detroit Tigers, 4 games to 3 in 31st World Series
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09 Oct 1934 Regicide at Marseille: The assassination of King Alexander I of Yugoslavia and Louis Barthou, Foreign Minister of France.
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09 Oct 1936 Hoover Dam begins transmitting electricity to LA
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09 Oct 1936 Generators at Boulder Dam (later renamed to Hoover Dam) begin to generate electricity from the Colorado River and transmit it 266 miles to Los Angeles.
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09 Oct 1938 A Copland and E Lorings ballet "Billy the Kid, " premieres in Chicago
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09 Oct 1938 Cleveland Browns and Chicago Bears play a penalty free NFL game
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09 Oct 1938 New York Yankees sweep Cubs in 35th World Series, 3rd straight WS win
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09 Oct 1940 World War II: Battle of Britain: During a night-time air raid by the German Luftwaffe, St. Paul's Cathedral in the City of London, England is hit by a bomb.
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09 Oct 1941 A coup in Panama declares Ricardo Adolfo de la Guardia Arango the new president.
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09 Oct 1942 Statute of Westminster 1931 formalises Australian autonomy.
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09 Oct 1942 The last day of the October Matanikau action on Guadalcanal as United States Marine Corps forces withdraw back across the Matanikau River after destroying most of the Imperial Japanese Army's 4th Infantry Regiment.
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09 Oct 1944 British Prime Minister Winston Churchill arrives in Russia for talks with Stalin
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09 Oct 1944 British Premier Winston Churchill arrives in Moscow
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09 Oct 1944 Canadian offensive in West-Zeeuws-Flanders
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09 Oct 1944 German occupier turn off electricity in Amsterdam
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09 Oct 1944 St. Louis Cardinals beat St. Louis Browns, 4 games to 2 in 41st World Series
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09 Oct 1945 British troops occupy Andamanen in Gulf of Bengal
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09 Oct 1945 Parade in NYC for Fleet Admiral Nimitz and 13 USN/USMC Medal of Honor recipients
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09 Oct 1946 1st electric blanket manufactured; sold for $39.50
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09 Oct 1947 "High Button Shoes" opens at Century Theater NYC for 727 performances
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09 Oct 1947 1st telephone conversation between a moving car and a plane
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09 Oct 1948 WXYZ TV channel 7 in Detroit, MI (ABC) begins broadcasting
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09 Oct 1950 Goyang Geumjeong Cave massacre started.
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09 Oct 1951 5th NHL All-Star Game: 1st Team ties 2nd Team 2-2 at Toronto
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09 Oct 1953 British Premier Winston Churchill aproves Guyanese Constitution
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09 Oct 1953 Conrad Adenauer elected West German chancellor
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09 Oct 1954 KTIV TV channel 4 in Sioux City, IA (NBC) begins broadcasting
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09 Oct 1955 Betty Jameson wins LPGA Richmond Golf Open
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09 Oct 1956 10th NHL All-Star Game: All-Stars beat Montreal 1-1 at Montreal
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09 Oct 1958 New York Yankees appear in 9 and win 7 of last 10 World Series
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09 Oct 1959 1st phone call between auto and plane (Delaware)
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09 Oct 1959 Lee Harvey Oswald arrives in Southampton
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09 Oct 1960 Cowboy QB Eddie LeBaron throws shortest touchdown pass (2")
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09 Oct 1961 New York Yankees beat Cin Reds, 4 games to 1 in 58th World Series
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09 Oct 1961 Tanganyika becomes independent within British Commonwealth
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09 Oct 1961 US members of communist party obliged to report themselves to Police
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09 Oct 1961 Volcano eruptions on Tristan de Cunha (South Atlantic)
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09 Oct 1961 World Series scoreless pitching streak Yanks beat Reds 4 games to 1
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09 Oct 1961 Yank Whitey Ford breaks Ruth record of 29 2 / 3 consecutive inning
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09 Oct 1962 Battles to decide Algeria-Morocco boundary kills 130
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09 Oct 1962 NASA civilian test pilot John B McKay takes X-15 to 39,200 m
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09 Oct 1962 Uganda becomes an independent Commonwealth realm.
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09 Oct 1963 British Premier Harold MacMillan, resigns
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09 Oct 1963 French air force gets 1st nuclear weapons
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09 Oct 1963 Hurricane Flora ravages Cuba and Haiti, kills 6,000
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09 Oct 1963 Uganda becomes a Republic within British Commonwealth
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09 Oct 1963 In northeast Italy, over 2,000 people are killed when a large landslide behind the Vajont Dam causes a giant wave of water to overtop it.
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09 Oct 1966 Baltimore Orioles sweep LA Dodgers, in 63rd World Series
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09 Oct 1966 John Lennon meets Yoko Ono at a London art gallery
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09 Oct 1966 Rolling Stones 1st LP recorded "Got Live if you Want It"
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09 Oct 1966 Vietnam War: Binh Tai Massacre
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09 Oct 1966 Vietnam War: Diên Niên - Phước Bình massacre
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09 Oct 1967 A day after being captured, Marxist revolutionary Ernesto "Che" Guevara is executed for attempting to incite a revolution in Bolivia.
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09 Oct 1968 Government seizes oil fields in Peru
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09 Oct 1968 WKMU TV channel 21 in Murray, KY (PBS) begins broadcasting
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09 Oct 1969 In Chicago, the United States National Guard is called in for crowd control as demonstrations continue in connection with the trial of the "Chicago Eight" that began on September 24.
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09 Oct 1970 Khmer Republic (Cambodia) declares independence
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09 Oct 1970 The Khmer Republic is proclaimed in Cambodia.
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09 Oct 1971 Japans Emperor Hirohito visits Netherlands
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09 Oct 1972 "Dude" opens at Broadway Theater NYC for 16 performances
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09 Oct 1973 1st general striking in Luxembourg since 1942
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09 Oct 1973 Elvis and Priscilla Presley divorce after 6 years
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09 Oct 1973 Israel announces loss of Bar-Lev defense line in Suez Canal
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09 Oct 1973 Warriors-Cavalier game in Cleveland postponed because of wet floors
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09 Oct 1974 Frank Robinson became 1st Black baseball manager (Cleveland Indians)
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09 Oct 1974 Race riot in Boston due to "busing"
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09 Oct 1974 Washington Capitals 1st NHL game, losing 6-3 to New York Rangers at Madison Square Garden - Capitals begin a 37 game road losing streak
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09 Oct 1975 Emperor Hirohito of Japan visits San Francisco
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09 Oct 1975 Soviet dissident Andrei Sakharov wins Nobel Peace Prize
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09 Oct 1976 "Robber Bridegroom" opens at Biltmore Theater NYC for 145 performances
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09 Oct 1976 Peter Petherick takes hat-trick on debut New Zealand vs. Pakistan Javed 1st wkt
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09 Oct 1976 Yanks 1st AL Championship game, beat Royals 4-1
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09 Oct 1977 Amy Alcott wins LPGA Houston Exchange Clubs Golf Classic
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09 Oct 1977 Soyuz 25 launched to Saluyt 6, but returned after failing to dock
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09 Oct 1977 Yanks rally for 3 in 9th and beat Royals 5-3 for pennant #31
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09 Oct 1978 12th Country Music Association Award
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09 Oct 1979 Howard Stern begins broadcasting on WCCC in Hartford Conn
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09 Oct 1980 1st consumer use of home banking by computer (Knoxville Tn)
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09 Oct 1980 Nobel prize for literature awarded to Czeslaw Milosz
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09 Oct 1980 Pope John Paul II shakes hands with the Dalai Lama during a private audience in Vatican City.
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09 Oct 1980 Princess Caroline of Monaco divorces Philippe Junot.
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09 Oct 1981 Abolition of capital punishment in France.
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09 Oct 1982 Attack on synagouge in Rome, 1 dead
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09 Oct 1983 4 South Korean government ministers assassinated in Rangoon Burma
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09 Oct 1983 Rangoon bombing: Attempted assassination of South Korean President Chun Doo-hwan during an official visit to Rangoon, Burma. Chun survives but the blast kills 17 of his entourage, including four cabinet ministers, and injures 17 others. Four Burmese officials also die in the blast.
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09 Oct 1984 Kathy Sullivan becomes 1st US woman to walk in space
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09 Oct 1985 "Tango Argentino" opens at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC for 198 performances
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09 Oct 1986 "Phantom of the Opera" premeires in London
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09 Oct 1986 Gilbert Perreault, Buffalo, became 12th NHLer to score 500 goals
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09 Oct 1986 Senate convicted US District Judge Harry E Claiborne making him 5th federal official to be removed from office through impeachment
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09 Oct 1986 The musical The Phantom of the Opera receives its first performance at Her Majesty's Theatre in London.
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09 Oct 1987 Japanese bank buys "Lady McGill" stamp for $1,100,000
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09 Oct 1988 17% vote extremely-right Flemish Block in Belgium
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09 Oct 1988 Dennis Eckersley, 1st to save all 4 games in a championship series
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09 Oct 1989 1st NFL game coached by a black man (Art Shell), his LA Raiders beat the New York Jets 14-7 on Monday Night Football
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09 Oct 1989 23rd Country Music Association Award: George Strait, Kathy Mattea wins
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09 Oct 1989 27th Tennis Federation Cup: USA beats Spain in Tokyo Japan (3-0)
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09 Oct 1989 An official news agency in the Soviet Union reports the landing of a UFO in Voronezh.
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09 Oct 1990 David Hackett Souter, sworn in as Supreme Court Justice
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09 Oct 1990 Radio stations around world play "Imagine" honoring John Lennon
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09 Oct 1990 Saddam threatens to hit Israel with a new missile
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09 Oct 1991 "On Borrowed Time" opens at Circle in the Square Theater NYC for 99 performances
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09 Oct 1991 Bush declares "total confidence" in nominee Clarence Thomas
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09 Oct 1991 San Jose Sharks beat Calgary for their 1st NHL win, 4-3
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09 Oct 1991 Ecuador becomes a member of the Berne Convention.
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09 Oct 1992 Great meteorite seen from Kentucky to New York
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09 Oct 1992 A 13 kilogram (est.) fragment of the Peekskill meteorite lands in the driveway of the Knapp residence in Peekskill, New York, destroying the family's 1980 Chevrolet Malibu.
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09 Oct 1994 Austrian parliamentary election (23% extreme-right)
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09 Oct 1994 Darmstadt creates element 110
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09 Oct 1995 An Amtrak Sunset Limited train is derailed by saboteurs near Palo Verde, Arizona.
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09 Oct 1997 ABL players allowed to own stock in the league
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09 Oct 1997 Hurricane kills 123 in Acapulco Mexico
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09 Oct 1997 Nobel prize for literature awarded to Dario Fo
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09 Oct 1997 New York Rangers are 1st NHL team to open with 4 straight ties
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09 Oct 1999 The last flight of the SR-71.
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09 Oct 2001 Second mailing of anthrax letters from Trenton, New Jersey in the 2001 anthrax attacks.
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09 Oct 2003 Mission: Space opens to the public in the Epcot park at Walt Disney World. The opening ceremony included several astronauts from all eras of space exploration.
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09 Oct 2006 North Korea allegedly tests its first nuclear device.
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09 Oct 2009 First lunar impact of the Centaur and LCROSS spacecrafts as part of NASA's Lunar Precursor Robotic Program.
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09 Oct 2012 Members of the Pakistani Taliban make a failed attempt to assassinate Malala Yousafzai on her way home from school.
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