October 2009
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28 October 1886: The Statue of Liberty was dedicated in New York Harbor by President Grover Cleveland. 28 October 1919: Congress passed the Volstead Act, or the National Prohibition Act, over President Woodrow Wilson’s veto. 28 October 1940: Italy invaded Greece during World War II. About the most originality that any writer can hope to achieve honestly is to steal with good judgment. ...
08 October 1604: Jan Brunowski, Johannes Kepler’s assistant, was the first to observe Kepler’s nova. 08 October 1869: The 14th president of the United States, Franklin Pierce, died in Concord, N.H. 08 October 1871: The city of Peshtigo, Wisconsin, burned to the ground in hours, killing 1,152 people. At the same time, the Great Chicago Fire destroyed 4 square miles (10 square km) of...
07 October 1765: The Stamp Act Congress convened in New York to draw up colonial grievances against England. 07 October 1826: The Granite Railway, the first chartered railroad in the United States, began service. 07 October 1849: American short-story writer, poet, and critic Edgar Allan Poe died in Baltimore, Maryland. 07 October 1949: German Democratic Republic proclaimed 07 October 1952:...
05 October 1813: Battle of the Thames. 05 October 1877: A small band of Nez Percé warriors, under the leadership of Chief Joseph, surrendered to General Nelson A. Miles after holding off U.S. forces that had tracked them through Idaho, Yellowstone Park, and Montana. 05 October 1918: Allied forces broke through the Hindenburg Line in World War I. 05 October 1921: The World Series was...
02 October 1869: Born this day, Mahatma Gandhi was the leader of the Indian nationalist movement against British rule and is esteemed internationally for his doctrine of nonviolence in pursuit of social and political change. 02 October 1780: British army officer John André was executed by the Americans as a spy after conducting secret meetings with American General Benedict Arnold during the...
01 October 1924: Born this day, Jimmy Carter served as the 39th U.S. president (1977–81) during a turbulent time at home and abroad, and he later received the Nobel Prize for Peace in 2002 for his humanitarian work. 01 October 331: Alexander the Great of Macedonia defeated Darius III of Persia at the Battle of Gaugamela, spelling the end of the Persian empire. 01 October 1908: Henry Ford...