October 19 1781 British General Cornwallis surrendered to General George Washington at Yorktown, Va., bringing an end to the last major battle of the American…
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This Day In History — “Black Power” Olympians suspended by USOC
October 18 1469 Ferdinand II of Aragón married Isabella of Castile, uniting Spain and making it a dominant world power. 1685 Louis XIV revoked the…
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October 17 1777 British Gen. Burgoyne surrendered in Saratoga, N.Y. during the American Revolution. 1931 Mobster Al Capone was convicted of income tax evasion for…
View More This Day In History — San Francisco Earthquake of 1989This Day In History — Marie Antoinette loses her head
October 16 1793 French queen Marie Antoinette was guillotined for treason. 1859 Abolitionist John Brown and his men captured the U.S. arsenal at Harper’s Ferry.…
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This Day In History – Transportation Brings Everyone Together
October 15 1860 Eleven-year-old Grace Bedell of Westfield, N.Y., wrote a letter to presidential candidate Abraham Lincoln, suggesting he could improve his appearance by growing…
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This Day In History — Dr. King wins Nobel Peace Prize
October 14 1066 The Normans, under William the Conqueror, defeated the English at the Battle of Hastings. 1933 Nazi Germany withdrew from the Geneva disarmament…
View More This Day In History — Dr. King wins Nobel Peace PrizeThis Day In History — Continental Congress begins construction of naval fleet
October 13 1775 The Continental Congress authorized the construction of a naval fleet. 1792 The cornerstone of the White House was laid. 1843 The Jewish…
View More This Day In History — Continental Congress begins construction of naval fleetThis Day In History — Wilt Chamberlain dies
October 12 1492 Columbus landed in present-day Bahamas. 1870 Gen. Robert E. Lee died in Lexington, Va., at age 63. 1960 Soviet premier Nikita Krushchev…
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This Day In History — Kathryn Sullivan becomes first woman to walk in space
October 11 1779 Polish patriot and American Revolutionary War commander Casimir Pulaski was killed in the battle of Savannah. 1899 The Boer War began in…
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October 09 1635 Religious dissident and Rhode Island founder, Roger Williams, was banished from the Massachusetts Bay Colony. 1888 For the first time the public…
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