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2008 (MMVIII) will be a leap year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
2008 (MMVIII) will be a leap year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
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2008 (MMVIII) will be a leap year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
October 2007 is the tenth month of that year. ...
October 2006 is the tenth month of that year and has yet to occur. ...
2005 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December- â Deaths in October 28: Richard Smalley 26: Emil Kyulev 24: José Azcona del Hoyo 24: Rosa Parks 23: Stella Obasanjo 22: Liam Lawlor 22: Shirley Horn 20: Endon Mahmood 17: Ba Jin 10: Milton Obote 7: Charles...
October 26, 2004 The co-pilot of American Airlines Flight 587 caused the November, 2001, crash in New York City that claimed the lives of 265 people, the staff of the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board said. ...
October 26, 2003 California: Wildfires continue to rage in Southern California. ...
October 2002 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December // Events October 31, 2002 The Russian Health Minister Yuri Shevchenko has now stated that the incapacitating agent used in the storming of the Moscow theatre siege was a fentanyl derivative. ...
2001 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December Events: October 2 - Bankruptcy of Swissair. ...
October 2000 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December Events October 1 - 2 - Nine Israeli-Arabs are killed by Israeli security forces after a riot/violent demonstration of solidarity with Palestinians under military rule in the West Bank and Gaza. ...
For the 1921 film starring Fatty Arbuckle, see Leap Year (film). ...
For the calendar of religious holidays and periods, see liturgical year. ...
Events - 740 - An earthquake strikes Constantinople, causing much damage and death.
- 1640 - The Treaty of Ripon is signed, restoring peace between Scotland and Charles I of England.
- 1774 - The first Continental Congress adjourns in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
- 1776 - Benjamin Franklin departed from America for France on a mission to seek French support for the American Revolution.
- 1795 - The French Directory, a five-man revolutionary government, is created.
- 1825 - The Erie Canal opens - passage from Albany, New York to Lake Erie.
- 1859 - The Royal Charter is wrecked on the coast of Anglesey, north Wales with 459 dead.
- 1860 - Meeting of Teano. Giuseppe Garibaldi, conqueror of the Kingdom of Two Sicilies, gives it to King Victor Emmanuel II of Italy.
- 1861 - The Pony Express officially ceased operations.
- 1863 - The Football Association is formed.
- 1881 - The Gunfight at the O.K. Corral takes place at Tombstone, Arizona.
- 1905 - Norway becomes independent from Sweden.
- 1912 - First Balkan War: The city of Thessaloniki is unified with Greece on the feast day of its patron Saint Demetrius. On the same day the Serbian troops captured Skopje.
- 1917 - World War I: Battle of Caporetto; Italy suffers a catastrophic defeat at the forces of Austria-Hungary and Germany.
- 1917 - World War I:Brazil declared in state of war with Central Powers.
- 1918 - Erich Ludendorff, quartermaster-general of the Imperial German Army, is dismissed by Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany for refusing to cooperate in peace negotiations.
- 1936 - The first electric generator at Hoover Dam went into full operation.
- 1940 - The P-51 Mustang makes its maiden flight.
- 1942 - World War II: In the Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands during the Guadalcanal Campaign, one U.S. aircraft carrier, Hornet, was sunk and another aircraft carrier, Enterprise, is heavily damaged.
- 1943 - World War II: First flight of the Dornier Do 335 "Pfeil".
- 1944 - World War II: The Battle of Leyte Gulf ends.
- 1947 - The Maharaja of Kashmir agrees to allow his kingdom to join India.
- 1947 - The British Military Occupation ends in Iraq.
- 1948 - Killer smog settles into Donora, Pennsylvania.
- 1951 - Boxer Joe Louis comes out of retirement to fight Rocky Marciano. However, Marciano would win the fight in eight rounds.
- 1954 - Trieste return to Italy.
- 1955 - After the last Allied troops have left the country and following the provisions of the Austrian Independence Treaty, Austria declares permanent neutrality.
- 1955 - Ngô Đình Diệm declares himself Premier of South Vietnam.
- 1958 - Pan American Airways makes the first commercial flight of the Boeing 707 from New York City to Paris, France.
- 1964 - Eric Edgar Cooke becomes last person in Western Australia to be executed.
- 1965 - The Beatles are appointed Members of the Order of the British Empire (MBEs).
- 1977 - The last natural case of smallpox was discovered in Merca district, Somalia. The WHO and the CDC consider this date the anniversary of the eradication of smallpox, the most spectacular success of vaccination.
- 1978 - Independent Counsel Act is signed into law.
- 1979 - Park Chung-hee, President of South Korea is assassinated by KCIA head Kim Jae-kyu. Choi Kyu-ha becomes the acting President; Kim is executed the following May.
- 1984 - "Baby Fae" receives a heart transplant from a baboon.
- 1992 - The command and control system of the London Ambulance Service fails catastrophically.
- 1992 - The Charlottetown Accord fails to win majority support in a Canada wide referendum.
- 1994 - Jordan and Israel sign a peace treaty.
- 1994 - Announcement that Andrew Wiles correctly proved Fermat's last theorem.
- 1995 - Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: Mossad agents assassinate Islamic Jihad leader Fathi Shikaki in his hotel in Malta.
- 1999 - Britain's House of Lords votes to end the right of hereditary peers to vote in Britain's upper chamber of Parliament.
- 2000 - Laurent Gbagbo takes over as president of Côte d'Ivoire following a popular uprising against President Robert Guéï.
- 2001 - The United States passes the USA PATRIOT Act into law.
- 2002 - Moscow Theatre Siege: Approximately 50 Chechen rebels and 150 hostages die when Russian Spetsnaz storm a theater building in Moscow, which had been occupied by the rebels during a musical performance three days before.
- 2003 - The Cedar Fire, the second-largest fire in California history, kills 15 people, consumes 250,000 acres (1,000 km²), and destroys 2,200 homes around San Diego.
- 2007 - Apple Inc. releases its newest version of Mac OS X.
Events October 26 - An earthquake strikes Constantinople, causing much damage and death. ...
This article is about the natural seismic phenomenon. ...
This article is about the city before the Fall of Constantinople (1453). ...
Events December 1 - Portugal regains its independence from Spain and João IV of Portugal becomes king. ...
The Treaty of Ripon was an agreement signed by Charles I of England and the Scots on October 26, 1640 in the aftermath of the Second Bishops War. ...
This article is about the country. ...
Charles I (19 November 1600 â 30 January 1649) was King of England, King of Scotland and King of Ireland from 27 March 1625 until his execution. ...
Chesma Column in Tsarskoe Selo, commemorating the end of the Russo-Turkish War. ...
The Continental Congress was the first national government of the United States. ...
Nickname: City of Brotherly Love, Philly, the Quaker City Motto: Philadelphia maneto (Let brotherly love continue) Location in Pennsylvania Coordinates: Country United States State Pennsylvania County Philadelphia Founded October 27, 1682 Incorporated October 25, 1701 Mayor John F. Street (D) Area - City 369. ...
For other uses, see 1776 (disambiguation). ...
Benjamin Franklin (January 17 [O.S. January 6] 1706 â April 17, 1790) was one of the most well known Founding Fathers of the United States. ...
John Trumbulls Declaration of Independence, showing the five-man committee in charge of drafting the Declaration in 1776 as it presents its work to the Second Continental Congress in Philadelphia The American Revolution refers to the period during the last half of the 18th century in which the Thirteen...
1795 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ...
Executive Directory (in French Directoire exécutif), commonly known as the Directory (or Directoire) held executive power in France from November 2, 1795 until November 10, 1799: following the Convention and preceding the Consulate. ...
Year 1825 (MDCCCXXV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian Calendar (or a common year starting on Thursday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ...
The Erie Canal (currently part of the New York State Canal System) is a canal in New York State, United States, that runs from the Hudson River to Lake Erie, connecting the Great Lakes with the Atlantic Ocean. ...
For other uses, see Albany. ...
Lake Erie (pronounced ) is the tenth largest lake on Earth[2] and, of the five Great Lakes of North America, is the fourth largest by surface area, the southernmost, shallowest, and smallest by volume. ...
Year 1859 (MDCCCLIX) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Thursday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ...
The Royal Charter was a steam clipper which was wrecked on the east coast of Anglesey on 26 October 1859. ...
Anglesey (historically Anglesea; Welsh: , pronounced (IPA)) is a predominantly Welsh-speaking island off the northwest coast of Wales. ...
This article is about the country. ...
1860 is the leap year starting on Sunday. ...
Teano (Roman Teanum Sidicinum), a town of Campania, Italy, in the province of Caserta, 21 miles north-west of that town on the main line to Rome from Naples, forming conjointly with Calvi an episcopal see. ...
Giuseppe Garibaldi (July 4, 1807 â June 2, 1882) was an Italian patriot and General of the Risorgimento. ...
The Two Sicilies The Kingdom of the Two Sicilies (Italian: il Regno delle Due Sicilie) was the new name that the Bourbon King Ferdinand IV of Naples bestowed upon his domain (including Southern Italy and the island of Sicily) after the end of the Napoleonic Era and the full restoration...
King Victor Emmanuel II of Italy. ...
Year 1861 (MDCCCLXI) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Sunday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ...
Frank E. Webner, pony express rider c. ...
Year 1863 (MDCCCLXIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Tuesday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ...
The Football Association (The FA) is the governing body of football in England and the Crown dependencies of Jersey, Guernsey and the Isle of Man. ...
Year 1881 (MDCCCLXXXI) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Thursday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ...
Newspaper coverage of the fight. ...
Tombstone is a city in Cochise County, Arizona, USA, founded in 1879 in what was then the Arizona Territory. ...
For other uses, see 1905 (disambiguation). ...
1912 (MCMXII) was a leap year starting on Monday in the Gregorian calendar (or a leap year starting on Tuesday in the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ...
Belligerents Ottoman Empire Balkan League: Bulgaria Greece Montenegro Serbia Commanders Nazim Pasha, Zekki Pasha, Essad Pasha, Abdullah Pasha, Ali Rizah Pasha Ivan Fichev, Vasil Kutinchev, Nikola Ivanov, Radko Dimitriev, Georgi Todorov Crown Prince Constantine, Panagiotis Danglis, Pavlos Kountouriotis King Nicholas I, Prince Danilo PetroviÄ, Mitar MartinoviÄ, Janko VukotiÄ Radomir Putnik...
Thessaloniki or Salonica (Greek: ) is Greeces second-largest city and the capital of Macedonia, the largest Region of Greece. ...
The calendar of saints is a traditional Christian method of organising a liturgical year on the level of days by associating each day with a saint, and referring to the day as the saints day of that saint. ...
Saint Quentin is the patron saint of locksmiths and is also invoked against coughs and sneezes. ...
12th-century mosaic depicting St Demetrios, from the Golden-Roofed Monastery in Kiev. ...
Anthem: Bože Pravde [[Image:|250px|center|Location of the Kingdom of Serbia]] Capital Belgrade Largest city Belgrade Serbian Government Monarchy - King Milan (1882-1889) - King Aleksandar (1889-1903) - King Peter I (1903-1918) Proclamation March 6, 1882 Area - Total km² ([[List of countries and outlying territories by area|]]) sq...
Location of the city of Skopje (green) in the Republic of Macedonia Country Macedonia Municipality Government - Mayor Trifun Kostovski Area - Total 1,854 km² (715. ...
1917 (MCMXVII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar (see link for calendar) or a common year starting on Tuesday of the 13-day slower Julian calendar (see: 1917 Julian calendar). ...
âThe Great War â redirects here. ...
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Austria-Hungary, also known as the Dual monarchy (or: the k. ...
âThe Great War â redirects here. ...
The period of Brazilian History, from 1889 to 1930, is commonly called the República Velha (Old Republic). ...
Kaiser Wilhelm II, Mehmed V, Franz Joseph: The three emperors of the Central Powers in World War I. European military alliances in 1914. ...
1918 (MCMXVIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar (see link for calendar) or a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar. ...
Ludendorff in 1918 Erich Friedrich Wilhelm Ludendorff (sometimes given incorrectly as von Ludendorff) (April 9, 1865âDecember 20, 1937, Tutzing, Bavaria, Germany) was a German Army officer, Generalquartiermeister during World War I, victor of Liege, and, with Paul von Hindenburg, one of the victors of the battle of Tannenberg. ...
The German Army (Deutsches Heer) was the name given the combined armed forces of the German Empire, also known as the Imperial Army (Reichsheer) or Imperial German Army. ...
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William II or Wilhelm II (born Prince Frederick William Albert Victor of Prussia; German: ) (27 January 1859â4 June 1941) was the last German Emperor and King of Prussia (German: Deutscher Kaiser und König von PreuÃen), ruling both the German Empire and Prussia from 15 June 1888 to...
Year 1936 (MCMXXXVI) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Generator redirects here. ...
For the dam near Westerville, Ohio, see Hoover Dam (Ohio). ...
Year 1940 (MCMXL) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full 1940 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...
The North American Aviation P-51 Mustang was an American long-range single-seat fighter aircraft that entered service with Allied air forces in the middle years of World War II. The P-51 became one of the conflicts most successful and recognizable aircraft. ...
Year 1942 (MCMXLII) was a common year starting on Thursday (the link will display the full 1942 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Combatants Allied powers: China France Great Britain Soviet Union United States and others Axis powers: Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Chiang Kai-shek Charles de Gaulle Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki TÅjÅ Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead: 33,000...
Combatants United States Empire of Japan Commanders William Halsey, Jr. ...
Combatants Allied forces including: United States Australia New Zealand British Solomon Is. ...
The seventh USS Hornet (CV-8) of the United States Navy was an aircraft carrier of World War II, notable for launching the Doolittle Raid, as a participant in the Battle of Midway, and for action in the Solomons before being mortally wounded in the Battle of the Santa Cruz...
USS Enterprise (CV-6) was the sixth aircraft carrier of the United States Navy and the seventh US Navy ship of that name. ...
Year 1943 (MCMXLIII) was a common year starting on Friday (the link will display full 1943 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Dornier logo. ...
The Dornier Do 335 Pfeil (Arrow) was a World War II heavy fighter built by the Dornier company. ...
Year 1944 (MCMXLIV) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Combatants United States Australia Empire of Japan Commanders William Halsey, Jr (3rd Fleet) Thomas C. Kinkaid (7th Fleet) Takeo Kurita (Centre Force) Shoji Nishimura â (Southern Force) Kiyohide Shima (Southern Force) Jisaburo Ozawa (Northern Force) Strength 17 aircraft carriers 18 escort carriers 12 battleships 24 cruisers 141 destroyers and destroyer escorts...
Year 1947 (MCMXLVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1947 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Major-General H.H. Farzand-i-Dilband Rasikh- al-Iqtidad-i-Daulat-i-Inglishia, Raja-i-Rajagan, Maharaja Sir Jagatjit Singh, Bahadur, Maharaja of Kapurthala, GCSI , GCIE , GBE The word MahÄrÄja (also spelled maharajah) is Sanskrit for great king or high king (a karmadharaya from mahÄnt great...
Kashmir (or Cashmere) may refer to: Kashmir region, the northwestern region of the Indian subcontinent India, Kashmir conflict, the territorial dispute between India, Pakistan, and the China over the Kashmir region. ...
Year 1947 (MCMXLVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1947 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Year 1948 (MCMXLVIII) was a leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the 1948 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Air pollution is the modification of the natural characteristics of the atmosphere by a chemical, particulate matter, or biological agent. ...
Donora is a borough in Washington County, Pennsylvania, USA, 20 miles (32 km) south of Pittsburgh on the Monongahela river. ...
Year 1951 (MCMLI) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Look up boxer in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...
For other uses, see Joe Louis (disambiguation). ...
Rocky Marciano (September 1, 1923 â August 31, 1969), born Rocco Francis Marchegiano, was the heavyweight champion of the world from 1952 to 1956. ...
Year 1954 (MCMLIV) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...
For other uses, see Trieste (disambiguation). ...
Year 1955 (MCMLV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1955 Gregorian calendar). ...
In general, allies are people or groups that have joined an alliance and are working together to achieve some common purpose. ...
The Austrian Independence Treaty (complete form: Treaty for the re-establishment of an independent and democratic Austria, signed in Vienna on the 15th May 1955), more commonly referred to as Austrian State Treaty (German Staatsvertrag), was signed on the 15th May 1955 in Vienna at Schloss Belvedere between the Allied...
A neutral country takes no side in a war between other parties, and in return hopes to avoid being attacked by either of them. ...
«ngoh dihn zih-ehm» (January 3, 1901 â November 2, 1963) was the first President of South Vietnam (1955â1963). ...
Anthem Thanh niên Hà nh Khúc (Call to the Citizens) Capital Saigon Language(s) Vietnamese Government Republic Last President¹ Duong Van Minh Last Prime minister Vu Van Mau Historical era Cold War - Regime change June 14, 1955 - Dissolution April 30, 1975 Area - 1973 173,809 km² 67,108...
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Pan Ams seaplane terminal at Dinner Key in Miami, Florida, was a hub of inter-American travel during the 1930s and 1940s. ...
The Boeing 707 is an American four-engine commercial passenger jet airliner developed by Boeing in the early 1950s. ...
New York, New York and NYC redirect here. ...
The Eiffel Tower has become the symbol of Paris throughout the world. ...
Also Nintendo emulator: 1964 (emulator). ...
Eric Edgar Cooke (25 February 1931â26 October 1964) was the last person to be hanged in Western Australia. ...
Slogan or Nickname: Wildflower State or the Golden State Other Australian states and territories Capital Perth Government Constitutional monarchy Governor Ken Michael Premier Alan Carpenter (ALP) Federal representation - House seats 15 - Senate seats 12 Gross State Product (2005-06) - Product ($m) $107,910 (4th) - Product per capita $53,134/person...
Year 1965 (MCMLXV) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar) of the 1965 Gregorian calendar. ...
The White Album, see The Beatles (album). ...
The British honours system is a means of rewarding individuals personal bravery, achievement or service to the United Kingdom. ...
Also: 1977 (album) by Ash. ...
Smallpox (also known by the Latin names Variola or Variola vera) is a contagious disease unique to humans. ...
WHO redirects here. ...
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Atlanta, Georgia, is recognized as the leading United States agency for protecting the public health and safety of people. ...
A vial of the vaccine against influenza. ...
Year 1978 (MCMLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1978 Gregorian calendar). ...
United States Office of the Independent Counsel was an independent prosecutor — distinct from the Attorney General of the United States Department of Justice — that provided reports to the Congress under Title 28 of the United States Code, Article 595. ...
Also: 1979 by Smashing Pumpkins. ...
This is a Korean name; the family name is Park Park Chung-hee (November 14, 1917 â October 26, 1979) was a former ROK Army general and the leader of the Republic of Korea from 1961 to 1979. ...
The President is head of state of South Korea. ...
The assassination of Park Chung-hee, the former president of South Korea, occurred on October 26, 1979 at a secret house in the Blue House compound connected with Korean Central Intelligence Agency (KCIA) in Gungjeong-dong, Jongno-gu, Seoul, South Korea, at 7:41pm. ...
The Agency for National Security Planning (also referred to as ANSP or KCIA) is the chief intelligence bureau of the Republic of Korea. ...
Kim Jae-kyu (March 6, 1926–May 24, 1980) was a South Korean military and intelligence officer. ...
Choi Kyu-ha (July 16, 1919-) was President of South Korea between 1979 and 1980. ...
For other uses, see May (disambiguation). ...
This article is about the year. ...
Dr. Leonard L Bailey (b. ...
A heart transplant , is a surgical transplant procedure performed on patients with heart failure or severe coronary artery disease. ...
For other uses, see Baboon (disambiguation). ...
Year 1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar). ...
The London Ambulance Service (LAS) is the largest ambulance service in the world that does not directly charge its patients for its services. ...
Headline on October 27, 1992 Globe and Mail. ...
Elections Part of the Politics series Politics Portal This box: A referendum (plural referendums or referenda), ballot question, or plebiscite (from Latin plebiscita, originally a decree of the Concilium Plebis) is a direct vote in which an entire electorate is asked to either accept or reject a particular proposal. ...
Year 1994 (MCMXCIV) The year 1994 was designated as the International Year of the Family and the International Year of the Sport and the Olympic Ideal by the United Nations. ...
For the French mathematician with work in the area of elliptic curves, see André Weil. ...
Pierre de Fermats conjecture written in the margin of his copy of Arithmetica proved to be one of the most intriguing and enigmatic mathematical problems ever devised. ...
Year 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday. ...
Israel, with the West Bank, Gaza Strip and Golan Heights The Israeli-Palestinian conflict is an ongoing dispute between the State of Israel and Arab Palestinians. ...
For the Haganah branch responsible for coordinating Jewish immigration into the British Mandate of Palestine, see Mossad Lealiyah Bet. ...
Islamic Jihad (Arabic: â, Harakat al-Jihad al-Islami) is a terrorist Islamist group based in the Syrian capital, Damascus. ...
Events of 2008: (EMILY) Me Lesley and MIley are going to China! This article is about the year. ...
This article is about the British House of Lords. ...
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The House of Representatives Chamber of the Parliament of Australia in Canberra. ...
Year 2000 (MM) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full 2000 Gregorian calendar). ...
Laurent Koudou Gbagbo (born May 31, 1945) is the president of Côte dIvoire (since 2000). ...
Robert Guéï (March 16, 1941 - September 19, 2002) was the military ruler of the Côte dIvoire from December 24, 1999 to October 26, 2000. ...
Year 2001 (MMI) was a common year starting on Monday (link displays the 2001 Gregorian calendar). ...
In the United States, the Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001 (Public Law 107-56), known as the USA PATRIOT Act or simply the Patriot Act, is an Act of Congress which President George W. Bush signed into law...
Also see: 2002 (number). ...
On Wednesday, October 23, 2002, 40 Chechen terrorists seized a crowded Moscow theatre, taking over 700 hostages and demanding the withdrawal of Russian forces from Chechnya. ...
The Chechen Republic (IPA: ; Russian: , Chechenskaya Respublika; Chechen: , Noxçiyn Respublika), or, informally, Chechnya (; Russian: ; Chechen: , Noxçiyçö), sometimes referred to as Ichkeria, Chechnia, Chechenia or Noxçiyn, is a federal subject of Russia. ...
Russian special forces training For the Swedish EBM band, see Spetsnaz (band). ...
For other uses, see Moscow (disambiguation). ...
Year 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Smoke from the fires drift toward Arizona and Nevada after the wind shifted on October 29 Southbound on Interstate 5 near Pacific Beach on the first morning of the fire. ...
This article is about the U.S. state. ...
Flag Seal Nickname: Americas Finest City Location Location of San Diego within San Diego County Coordinates , Government County San Diego Mayor City Attorney City Council District One District Two District Three District Four District Five District Six District Seven District Eight Jerry Sanders (R) Michael Aguirre Scott Peters Kevin...
Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era in the 21st century. ...
Apple Inc. ...
Mac OS X (pronounced ) is a line of graphical operating systems developed, marketed, and sold by Apple Inc. ...
Births - 1427 - Archduke Sigismund of Austria (d. 1496)
- 1473 - Friedrich of Saxony (d. 1510)
- 1491 - Zhengde, Emperor of China (d. 1521)
- 1609 - William Sprague, English co-founder of Charlestown, Massachusetts (d. 1675)
- 1673 - Dimitrie Cantemir, Moldavian prince, linguist, and scholar (d. 1723)
- 1684 - Kurt Christoph Graf von Schwerin, Prussian field marshal (d. 1757)
- 1685 - Domenico Scarlatti, Italian composer (d. 1757)
- 1694 - Johan Helmich Roman, Swedish composer (d. 1758)
- 1757 - Karl Leonhard Reinhold, Austrian philosopher (d. 1823)
- 1759 - Georges Jacques Danton, French Revolutionary leader (d. 1794)
- 1768 - Eustachy Erazm Sanguszko, Polish general and politician (d. 1844)
- 1794 - Konstantin Thon, Russian architect (d. 1881)
- 1795 - Nikolaos Mantzaros, Greek composer (d. 1872)
- 1797 - Giuditta Pasta, Italian soprano (d. 1865)
- 1800 - Helmuth von Moltke the Elder, Prussian field marshal (d. 1891)
- 1802 - King Miguel of Portugal (d. 1866)
- 1842 - Vasili Vasilyevich Vereshchagin, Russian painter (d. 1904)
- 1849 - Ferdinand Georg Frobenius, German mathematician (d. 1917)
- 1854 - C. W. Post, American entrepreneur (d. 1914)
- 1865 - Benjamin Guggenheim, American businessman (d. 1912)
- 1869 - Washington Luís Pereira de Sousa, President of Brazil (d. 1957)
- 1871 - Guillermo Kahlo, father of Frida Kahlo (d. 1941)
- 1873 - Thorvald Stauning, Prime Minister of Denmark (d. 1942)
- 1874 - Abby Aldrich Rockefeller, socialite and philanthropist (d. 1948)
- 1874 - Martin Lowry, British chemist (d. 1936)
- 1880 - Andrei Bely, Russian writer (d. 1934)
- 1883 - Paul Pilgrim, American athlete (d. 1958)
- 1888 - Nestor Ivanovich Makhno, Ukrainian anarchist Insurrectionary leader (d. 1934)
- 1899 - Judy Johnson Hall of Fame baseball player in the Negro Leagues (d. 1989)
- 1902 - Jack Sharkey, American boxer (d. 1994)
- 1905 - George Flahiff, Canadian Cardinal (d. 1989)
- 1906 - Primo Carnera, Italian boxer (d. 1967)
- 1911 - Sid Gilman, American football player (d. 2003)
- 1911 - Mahalia Jackson, American singer (d. 1972)
- 1911 - Sorley MacLean, Scottish poet (d. 1996)
- 1912 - Don Siegel, American director (d. 1991)
- 1913 - Charlie Barnet, American jazz saxophonist and bandleader (d. 1991)
- 1914 - Jackie Coogan, American actor (d. 1984)
- 1915 - Joe Fry, British racing driver (d. 1950)
- 1916 - François Mitterrand, President of France (d. 1996)
- 1919 - Mohammad Reza Pahlavi of Iran, Shah of Iran (d. 1980)
- 1921 - George Forrest, Northern Irish MP (d. 1968)
- 1925 - Jan Wolkers, Dutch author (d. 2007)
- 1928 - Francisco Solano López, Argentine comics artists
- 1929 - Neal Matthews, Jr., American singer (The Jordanaires) (d. 2000)
- 1934 - Hans-Joachim Rödelius, German composer and musician (Cluster, Harmonia)
- 1936 - Shelley Morrison, American actress
- 1941 - Charlie Landsborough, Singer/Songwriter
- 1942 - Bob Hoskins, British actor
- 1945 - Pat Conroy, American writer
- 1945 - Jaclyn Smith, American actress
- 1945 - Demetris Th. Gotsis, Greek poet and author
- 1946 - Pat Sajak, American game show host
- 1946 - Holly Woodlawn, Puerto Rican actress
- 1946 - Keith Hopwood, British musician (Herman's Hermits)
- 1947 - Hillary Rodham Clinton, First Lady of the United States and United States Senator
- 1947 - Trevor Joyce, Irish poet
- 1947 - Ian Ashley, British racing driver
- 1948 - Toby Harrah, American Major League Baseball player
- 1949 - Steve Rogers, Major League Baseball pitcher
- 1951 - Bootsy Collins, American musician (P Funk)
- 1952 - Andrew Motion, English poet and Poet Laureate
- 1953 - Rosa Monckton, notable charity fundraiser
- 1953 - Keith Strickland, American musician (The B-52's)
- 1954 - Vassilis Hatzipanagis, Greek footballer
- 1956 - Stephen Gumley, Australian businessman
- 1956 - Rita Wilson, American actress
- 1957 - Bob Golic, American football player
- 1959 - Evo Morales, President of Bolivia
- 1959 - François Chau, Cambodian actor
- 1959 - Brian Bovell, British actor
- 1961 - Dylan McDermott, American actor
- 1962 - Cary Elwes, British actor
- 1963 - Natalie Merchant, American singer
- 1963 - Ted Demme, American film and television director (d. 2002)
- 1964 - Thomas Cavanagh, Canadian actor
- 1965 - Aaron Kwok Fu-Shing, Hong Kong singer
- 1965 - Kelly Rowan, Canadian actress and producer.
- 1966 - Jane Hajduk, American actress
- 1966 - Steve Valentine, British actor
- 1966 - Jeanne Zelasko, American sportcaster
- 1966 - Masaharu Iwata, Japanese composer
- 1967 - Keith Urban, New Zealand singer
- 1970 - Lisa Ryder, American actress
- 1970 - Dian Bachar, American actor
- 1970 - Raveena Tandon, Indian actress
- 1971 - Anthony Rapp, American singer and actor
- 1973 - Seth MacFarlane, American animator
- 1973 - Taka Michinoku , Japanese professional wrestle
- 1974 - LISA, Japanese musician
- 1976 - Miikka Kiprusoff, Finnish hockey player
- 1977 - Jon Heder, American actor
- 1978 - Jimmy Aggrey, English footballer
- 1978 - Mark Barry, English musician (BBMak)
- 1978 - CM Punk, American professional wrestler
- 1978 - Eva Kaili, Greek TV presenter and politician
- 1979 - Movsar Barayev, Chechen militant (d. 2002)
- 1980 - Cristian Chivu, Romanian footballer
- 1981 - Guy Sebastian, Australian singer
- 1981 - Sam Brown, American comedian
- 1982 - Adam Carroll, British racing driver
- 1983 - Dmitri Sychev, Russian football player
- 1983 - Francisco Liriano, Major League Baseball pitcher
- 1983 - Luke Watson, South African rugby player
- 1984 - Sasha Cohen, American figure skater
- 1984 - Jefferson Farfán, Peruvian footballer
- 1984 - Adriano Correia Claro, Brazilian footballer
- 1985 - Andrea Bargnani, Italian basketball player
- 1985 - Monta Ellis, American basketball player
- 1985 - Asin Thottumkal, Indian actress
- 1987 - Elise Estrada, Canadian singer
Events Lincoln College, a constituent college of the University of Oxford, is founded. ...
An engraving by W. Killian, 1623 Sigismund of Austria (October 26, 1427 in Innsbruck – March 4, 1496 ibid) was a Habsburg archduke of Austria and regent of Tirol from 1446 to 1490. ...
1496 was a leap year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Events Ottoman sultan Mehmed II defeats the White Sheep Turkmens lead by Uzun Hasan at Otlukbeli Axayacatl, Aztec ruler of Tenochtitlan invades the territory of neighboring Aztec city of Tlatelolco. ...
Friedrich of Saxony (Torgau 26 October 1473 - Rochlitz 14 December 1510) was the 36th Grand Master of the Teutonic Knights. ...
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// Events December 6 - King Charles VIII marries Anne de Bretagne, thus incorporating Brittany into the kingdom of France. ...
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// Events April 4 â King of Spain signs an edit of expulsion of all moriscos from Spain April 9 â Spain recognizes Dutch independence May 23 - Official ratification of the Second Charter of Virginia. ...
Left England on the ship Lyons Whelp for Plymouth/Salem, Massachusetts. ...
Year 1675 (MDCLXXV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Friday of the 10-day slower Julian calendar). ...
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Dimitrie Cantemir (-Romanian, ÐмиÑÑий ÐанÑÐµÐ¼Ð¸Ñ in Russian, KantemiroÄlu in Turkish, Kantymir in Polish), (October 26, 1673 - 1723) was a Moldavian Voivode (Prince; March-April 1693 and 1710-1711), philosopher, historian, composer, linguist and scholar. ...
Events February 16 - Louis XV of France attains his majority Births February 24 - John Burgoyne, British general (d. ...
Events France under Louis XIV makes Truce of Ratisbon separately with the Empire and Spain. ...
Kurt Christoph Graf von Schwerin (26 October 1684 - 6 May 1757) was a Prussian generalfeldmarschall, one of the leading commanders under Frederick the Great. ...
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Events February 6 - James Stuart, Duke of York becomes King James II of England and Ireland and King James VII of Scotland. ...
Giuseppe Domenico Scarlatti (October 26, 1685 â July 23, 1757) was an Italian composer who spent much of his life in Spain and Portugal. ...
1757 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ...
Events February 6 - The colony Quilombo dos Palmares is destroyed. ...
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1757 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ...
Karl Leonhard Reinhold (October 26, 1757 - April 10, 1823) was in Austrian philosopher. ...
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1759 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ...
Georges Jacques Danton (October 26, 1759 - April 5, 1794) was a leading figure in the early stages of the French Revolution. ...
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1768 was a leap year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ...
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Year 1881 (MDCCCLXXXI) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Thursday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ...
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Nikolaos Halikiopoulos Mantzaros (Greek: or Niccolo Calichiopulo Manzaro, (26 October 1795 - 12 April 1872) was a Greek composer born in Corfu and the major representative of the so called Ionian Islands school of music. ...
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Giuditta Pasta (October 28, 1798 - April 1, 1865), born in Saronno, Italy was a soprano considered among the greatest of opera singers. ...
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Vasily Vereshchagin Vasili Vasilyevich Vereshchagin (Russian: 1842 - 1904) was the most famous Russian battle painter and the first Russian artist to be widely recognized abroad. ...
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A picture of Frobenius Ferdinand Georg Frobenius (October 26, 1849 â August 3, 1917) was a German mathematician, best-known for his contributions to the theory of differential equations and to group theory. ...
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1854 (MDCCCLIV) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ...
C. W. Post or, more fully, Charles William Post (1854 _ 1914), was a breakfast food manufacturer and a pioneer of the prepared_food industry. ...
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1865 (MDCCCLXV) is a common year starting on Sunday. ...
Benjamin Guggenheim (October 26, 1865 â April 15, 1912) was an American businessman. ...
1912 (MCMXII) was a leap year starting on Monday in the Gregorian calendar (or a leap year starting on Tuesday in the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ...
1869 (MDCCCLXIX) is a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a common year starting on Sunday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar. ...
Washington LuÃs Pereira de Sousa (October 26, 1869 - August 4, 1957) was a Brazilian politician. ...
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Guillermo Kahlo (1871â1941) was a Mexican photographer and father of the (more famous) artist Frida Kahlo, who painted his portrait. ...
Frida Kahlo (July 6, 1907 â July 13, 1954) was a Mexican painter, who has achieved great international popularity. ...
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1873 (MDCCCLXXIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ...
Thorvald Stauning (26 October 1873 - 3 May 1942) was the first Social Democrat Prime Minister of Denmark. ...
This is a list over the heads of government in Denmark, from the establishment of a constitutional monarchy in 1849 until present. ...
Year 1942 (MCMXLII) was a common year starting on Thursday (the link will display the full 1942 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...
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Abby Aldrich Rockefeller was born Abby Greene Aldrich on October 26, 1874 in Providence, Rhode Island. ...
Year 1948 (MCMXLVIII) was a leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the 1948 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Thomas Martin Lowry (October 26, 1874âNovember 2, 1936) was an English physical chemist. ...
Year 1936 (MCMXXXVI) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Year 1880 (MDCCCLXXX) was a leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a leap year starting on Tuesday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ...
Leon Bakst Portrait of Andrei Bely Andrei Bely (ÐндÑей ÐелÑй) was the pseudonym of Boris Nikolaevich Bugaev (October 14, 1880 (Old Style)- January 8, 1934), a Russian novelist, poet, theorist, and literary critic. ...
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Year 1883 (MDCCCLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Saturday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ...
Paul Harry Pilgrim (October 26, 1883 - January 8, 1958) was an American athlete, winner of three gold medals at the 1904 and 1906 Summer Olympics. ...
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Year 1888 (MDCCCLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Sunday (click on link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a leap year starting on Friday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ...
Nestor Makhno in 1909 Nestor Ivanovich Makhno (October 27, 1889–July 25, 1934) was an anarchist Ukrainian revolutionary who refused to align with the Bolsheviks after the October Revolution. ...
Anarchism is a generic term describing various political philosophies and social movements that advocate the elimination of hierarchy and imposed authority. ...
Year 1934 (MCMXXXIV) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display full 1934 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...
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