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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. ... 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- → 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 27, 2004 The Boston Red Sox win their first World Series title since 1918 — and break the Curse of the Bambino — by beating the St. ... October 27, 2003 Occupation of Iraq: More than 40 people are killed and over 200 are injured in a wave of coordinated bomb attacks on the Red Cross compound and several local police stations in Baghdad. ... 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. ... 1999 is a common year starting on Friday Anno Domini (or the Current Era), and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ... Year 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar). ... For the band, see 1997 (band). ... Year 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar). ... Year 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full 1995 Gregorian calendar). ... For the 1921 film starring Fatty Arbuckle, see Leap Year (film). ... For the calendar of religious holidays and periods, see liturgical year. ...

Events

• 312 - Constantine the Great receives his famous Vision of the Cross.
• 710 - Saracen invasion of Sardinia.
• 939 - Edmund I succeeds Athelstan as King of England.
• 1275 - Traditional founding of the city of Amsterdam.
• 1524 - Italian Wars: The French troops lay siege to Pavia.
• 1553 - Condemned as a heretic, Michael Servetus is burned at the stake just outside Geneva.
• 1644 - Second Battle of Newbury in the English Civil War.
• 1682 - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania is founded.
• 1795 - The United States and Spain sign the Treaty of Madrid, which establishes the boundaries between Spanish colonies and the U.S.
• 1806 - The French Army enters in Berlin.
• 1807 - Occupation of Portugal by French-Spanish troops.
• 1810 - United States annexes the former Spanish colony of West Florida.
• 1838 - Missouri governor Lilburn Boggs issues the Extermination Order, which orders all Mormons to leave the state or be exterminated.
• 1870 - Marshal François Achille Bazaine surrenders to Prussian forces at Metz along with 140,000 French soldiers in one of the biggest French defeats of the Franco-Prussian War.
• 1904 - The first underground New York City Subway line opens; the system becomes the biggest in United States, and one of the biggest in world.
• 1916 - Battle of Segale: Negus Mikael, marching on the Ethiopian capital in support of his son Emperor Iyasus V, is defeated by Fitawrari Habte Giyorgis, securing the throne for Empress Zauditu.
• 1922 - A referendum in Rhodesia rejects the country's annexation to the South African Union.
• 1924 - The Uzbek SSR is founded in the Soviet Union.
• 1936 - Mrs Wallis Simpson filed for divorce which would eventually allow her to marry King Edward VIII of the United Kingdom, thus forcing his abdication from the throne.
• 1946 - First commercially-sponsored television program airs (Geographically Speaking, sponsored by Bristol-Myers).
• 1948 - Léopold Sédar Senghor founds the Senegalese Democratic Bloc (BDS).
• 1949 - An airliner flying from Paris to New York crashes near the Azores. Among the victims are violinist Ginette Neveu and boxer Marcel Cerdan.
• 1953 - British nuclear test Totem 2 is detonated at Emu Field, South Australia.
• 1954 - Benjamin O. Davis Jr. becomes the first African-American general in the United States Air Force.
• 1958 - Iskander Mirza, the first President of Pakistan, is deposed in a bloodless coup d'état by General Ayub Khan, who was appointed the enforcer of martial law by Mirza 20 days earlier.
• 1961 - NASA launched the first Saturn I rocket in Mission Saturn-Apollo 1.
• 1962 - Major Rudolph Anderson of the United States Air Force became the only direct human casualty of the Cuban Missile Crisis when his U-2 reconnaissance airplane was shot down in Cuba by a Soviet-supplied SA-2 Guideline surface-to-air missile.
• 1962 - The plane of Enrico Mattei, Italian industry's most relevant figure, crashes in mysterious circumstances.
• 1964 - Ronald Reagan delivers a speech on behalf of Republican candidate for president, Barry Goldwater. The speech launched his political career and came to be known as "A Time for Choosing".
• 1970 - Louis Néel receives the Nobel Prize.
• 1971 - Democratic Republic of the Congo is renamed Zaire.
• 1973 - The Canon City meteorite, a 1.4 kg chondrite type meteorite strikes in Fremont County, Colorado.
• 1981 - The Soviet submarine U 137 runs aground on the east coast of Sweden.
• 1986 - The United Kingdom government suddenly deregulates financial markets, leading to a total restructuring of the way in which they operate in the country, in an event now referred to as the Big Bang.
• 1990 - Supreme Soviet of Kirghiz SSR chooses Askar Akayev as republic's first president.
• 1991 - Turkmenistan achieved independence from the Soviet Union.
• 1991 - First free legislative elections in Poland since 1936.
• 1992 - United States Navy radioman Allen R. Schindler, Jr. is brutally murdered by shipmates for being gay, precipitating first military, then national debate about gays in the military that resulted in the United States "Don't ask, don't tell" military policy.
• 1995 - Latvia applies for membership in the European Union.
• 1995 - Former Italian Prime Minister Bettino Craxi is condemned in absentia for corruption.
• 1997 - October 27, 1997 mini-crash: Stock markets around the world crash because of fears of a global economic meltdown. The Dow Jones Industrial Average plummets 554.26 points to 7,161.15. For the first time, the New York Stock Exchange activated their "circuit breakers" twice during the day eventually making the controversial move of closing the Exchange early.
• 1998 - Gerhard Schröder becomes Chancellor of Germany for the first time.
• 2002 - Trades unionist Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva is elected as President of Brazil.
• 2002 - The ITV Network aired a constant regional service for the last time in England and Wales, but LWT lost its identity completely. All companies (except UTV, Channel, Scottish TV & Grampian TV) formed the national ITV1 with regional references only before regional programmes.
• 2005 - Riots begin in Paris after the deaths of two Muslim teenagers.

October 28 — Battle of Milvian Bridge: Constantine I defeats Maxentius and becomes the only Roman Emperor in the West. ... Constantine. ... Combatants Constantinian forces Maxentian forces Commanders Flavius Valerius Aurelius Constantinus Marcus Aurelius Valerius Maxentius† Strength ~50000 men ~75000-120000 men Casualties Unknown Unknown The Battle of Milvian Bridge took place on October 28, 312 between the Roman Emperors Constantine the Great and Maxentius. ... // Events End of the Asuka period, the second and last part of the Yamato period and beginning of the Nara period in Japan. ... In older Western historical literature, the Saracens were the people of the Saracen Empire, another name for the Arab Caliphate under the rule of the Umayyad and Abbasid dynasties. ... For the place in the United States, see Sardinia, Ohio. ... Events Vietnam became a tributary kingdom to China. ... Edmund I (or Eadmund, 921 – May 26, 946), called the Elder, the Deed-Doer, or the Just, was King of England from 939 until his death. ... Athelstan redirects here. ... This is a list of British monarchs, that is, the monarchs on the thrones of some of the various kingdoms that have existed on, or incorporated, the island of Great Britain, namely: England (united with Wales from 1536) up to 1707; Scotland up to 1707; The Kingdom of Great Britain... // April 22 - The first of the Statutes of Westminster are passed by the English parliament, establishing a series of laws in its 51 clauses, including equal treatment of rich and poor, free and fair elections, and definition of bailable and non-bailable offenses. ... For other uses, see Amsterdam (disambiguation). ... Events March 1, 1524/5 - Giovanni da Verrazano lands near Cape Fear (approx. ... Combatants France, the Holy Roman Empire, the states of Italy (notably the Republic of Venice, the Duchy of Milan, the Kingdom of Naples, the Papal States, Florence, and the Duchy of Ferrara), England, Scotland, Spain, the Ottoman Empire, the Swiss, Saxony, and others The Italian Wars, often referred to as... For the municipality in the Philippines, see Pavia, Iloilo. ... // Events June 26 - Christs Hospital in London gets a Royal Charter July 6 - Edward VI of England dies July 10 - Lady Jane Grey is proclaimed Queen of England - for the next nine days July 18 - Lord Mayor of London proclaims Queen Mary as the rightful Queen - Lady Jane Grey... Look up Heretic in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Michael Servetus. ... Burning of two sodomites at the stake (execution of individuals by fire. ... Geneva (pronunciation //; French: Genève //, German:   //, Italian: Ginevra //, Romansh: Genevra) is the second most populous city in Switzerland (after Zürich), and is the most populous city of Romandy (the French-speaking part of Switzerland). ... // Events February to August - Explorer Abel Tasmans second expedition for the Dutch East India Company maps the north coast of Australia. ... Combatants Parliamentarians Royalists Commanders Earl of Essex Sir William Waller Earl of Manchester King Charles I Prince Maurice Strength 7,000 horse 12,000 foot 3,500 horse 5,000 foot Casualties unknown unknown The Second Battle of Newbury was a battle of the English Civil War fought on October... For other uses, see English Civil War (disambiguation). ... Year 1682 (MDCLXXXII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Sunday of the 10-day slower Julian calendar). ... 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. ... 1795 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... Pinckneys Treaty, also known as the Treaty of San Lorenzo or the Treaty of Madrid, was signed in San Lorenzo de El Escorial on October 27, 1795 and established intentions of friendship between the United States and Spain. ... The Spanish colonization of the Americas began with the arrival in the Western Hemisphere of Christopher Columbus in 1492. ... 1806 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... The French Army, officially the Armée de Terre (Army of the land), is the land-based component of the French Armed Forces and the largest. ... 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The Extermination Order is known in Latter Day Saint history as the executive order issued on October 27, 1838 by Missouri governor Lilburn Boggs to have Mormons driven from the state in response to what he termed open and avowed defiance of the laws, and of having made war upon... The term Mormon is a colloquial name, most-often used to refer to members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). ... 1870 (MDCCCLXX) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Monday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... Painting of François Achille Bazaine by Jean-Adolphe Beauce on campaign in Mexico François Achille Bazaine (February 13, 1811 - September 23, 1888) was a French general, marshal of France from 1864. ... Anthem Preußenlied, Heil dir im Siegerkranz (both unofficial) The Kingdom of Prussia at its greatest extent, at the time of the formation of the German Empire, 1871 Capital Berlin Government Monarchy King  - 1701 — 1713 Frederick I (first)  - 1888 — 1918 William II (last) Prime minister  - 1848 Adolf Heinrich von Arnim... City flag City coat of arms Motto: Si paix dedans, paix dehors (French: If peace inside, peace outside) Cathedral St. ... Combatants Second French Empire North German Confederation allied with South German states (later German Empire) Commanders Napoleon III François Achille Bazaine Patrice de Mac-Mahon, duc de Magenta Otto von Bismarck Helmuth von Moltke the Elder Strength 400,000 at wars beginning 1,200,000 Casualties 150,000... 1904 (MCMIV) was a leap year starting on a Friday (see link for calendar). ... Look up Underground in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Times Square–42nd Street station entrance The New York City Subway is a rapid transit system owned by the City of New York and leased to the New York City Transit Authority , an affiliate of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority and also known as MTA New York City Transit. ... 1916 (MCMXVI) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar). ... The nobility of Ethiopia had grown uneasy with the rule of Emperor Iyasus V. At last, on 27 September, they had him excommunicated on the accusation of having converted to Islam, and announced that he had been deposed in favor of Empress Zawditu. ... Negus is the Amharic word for king. The term negus negust means king of kings, or Emperor. ... Iyasu V (Geez ኢያሱ), also known as Lij Iyasu (Geez ልጅ ኢያሱ; 4 February 1887 - 25 November 1935) was the designated but uncrowned monarch of Ethiopia (1913 - 1916). ... 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Edward VIII (Edward Albert Christian George Andrew Patrick David; later The Prince Edward, Duke of Windsor; 23 June 1894 – 28 May 1972) was King of Great Britain, Ireland, the British Dominions beyond the Seas, and Emperor of India from the death of his father, George V (1910–36), on 20... The Instrument of Abdication signed by Edward VIII and his three brothers The Edward VIII abdication crisis refers to events which occurred in 1936, when King-Emperor Edward VIII of the British Empire precipitated a constitutional crisis throughout his realms by his desire to marry his mistress, Mrs. ... Year 1946 (MCMXLVI) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full 1946 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... A television program (US), television programme (UK) or simply television show is a segment of programming in television broadcasting. ... 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Motto (Portuguese for Rather die free than in peace subjugated) Anthem  (national)  (local) Capital Ponta Delgada1 Angra do Heroísmo2 Horta3 Largest city Ponta Delgada Official languages Portuguese Government Autonomous region  -  President Carlos César Establishment  -  Settled 1439   -  Autonomy 1976  Area  -  Total 2,333 km² (n/a) 911 sq mi... Ginette Neveu, born August 11, 1919 – died October 27, 1949, was a French concert violinist. ... Look up boxer in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Marcel Cerdan (July 22, 1916 - October 27, 1949) was a French world boxing champion who was considered by many boxing experts and fans to be Frances and Europes greatest boxer, and by many more fans to be one of the best to come out of that continent. ... January 7 - President Harry S. Truman announces the United States has developed a hydrogen bomb. ... A nuclear test explosion is an experiment involving the detonation of a nuclear weapon. ... Emu Field was located in the desert of South Australia, at approximately 132E 29S. Variously known as Emu Field, Emu Junction or Emu, it was the site of the Operation Totem series of nuclear tests, conducted by the British government in 1953. ... Capital Adelaide Government Constitutional monarchy Governor Marjorie Jackson-Nelson Premier Mike Rann (ALP) Federal representation  - House seats 11  - Senate seats 12 Gross State Product (2004-05)  - Product ($m)  $59,819 (5th)  - Product per capita  $38,838/person (7th) Population (End of September 2006)  - Population  1,558,200 (5th)  - Density  1. ... Year 1954 (MCMLIV) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Benjamin O. Davis, Jr. ... 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Louis Néel (November 22, 1904 - November 14, 2000) is the Nobel Laureate in Physics of 1970. ... The Nobel Prizes (Swedish: ), as designated in Alfred Nobels will in 1895, are awarded for physics, chemistry, physiology or medicine, literature, and peace. ... Year 1971 (MCMLXXI) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar) of the 1971 Gregorian calendar. ... For the song by James Blunt, see 1973 (song). ... Cañon City is a city located in Fremont County, Colorado. ... “Kg” redirects here. ... Willamette Meteorite A meteorite is a natural object originating in outer space that survives an impact with the Earths surface without being destroyed. ... Fremont County is a county located in the U.S. state of Colorado. ... Year 1981 (MCMLXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday (link displays the 1981 Gregorian calendar). ... CCCP redirects here. ... 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Births

• 1156 - Count Raymond VI of Toulouse (d. 1222)
• 1401 - Catherine of Valois, queen of Henry V of England (d. 1437)
• 1466 - Erasmus, Dutch humanist and theologian (d. 1536)
• 1728 - James Cook, British naval captain and explorer (d. 1779)
• 1744 - Mary Moser, English painter (d. 1819)
• 1760 - August von Gneisenau, Prussian field marshal (d. 1831)
• 1782 - Niccolò Paganini, Italian violinist and composer (d. 1840)
• 1811 - Isaac Singer, American inventor (d. 1875)
• 1811 - Stevens Thomson Mason, first Governor of Michigan (d. 1843)
• 1842 - Giovanni Giolitti, Italian statesman (d. 1928)
• 1844 - Klas Pontus Arnoldson, Swedish writer and pacifist, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (d. 1916)
• 1854 - Sir William Smith, Scottish founder of the Boys' Brigade (d. 1914)
• 1858 - Theodore Roosevelt, 26th President of the United States, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (d. 1919)
• 1865 - Charles Spencelayh, English painter (d. 1958)
• 1873 - Emily Post, American etiquette author (d. 1960)
• 1877 - George Thompson, English cricketer (d. 1943)
• 1885 - Sigrid Hjertén, Swedish modernist painter (d. 1948)
• 1894 - Oliver Leese, British general (d. 1978)
• 1896 - Edith Brown, survivor of the Titanic (d. 1997)
• 1906 - Earle Cabell, American politician (d. 1975)
• 1910 - Jack Carson, Canadian actor (d. 1963)
• 1911 - Leif Erickson, American actor and singer (d. 1986)
• 1914 - Dylan Thomas, Welsh poet (d. 1953)
• 1915 - Harry Saltzman, American film producer (d. 1994)
• 1917 - Augustine Harris, British Bishop of Middlesbrough (d. 2007)
• 1917 - Oliver Tambo, South African freedom fighter (d. 1993)
• 1918 - Teresa Wright, American actress (d. 2005)
• 1920 - Nanette Fabray, American actress
• 1920 - K. R. Narayanan, 10th President of India
• 1921 - Warren Allen Smith, American encyclopedist
• 1922 - Poul Bundgaard, Danish actor and singer (d. 1998)
• 1922 - Ralph Kiner, American baseball player
• 1923 - Roy Lichtenstein, American artist (d. 1997)
• 1924 - Ruby Dee, American actress
• 1924 - Michel Galabru, French actor
• 1925 - Albert Medwin, American inventor
• 1925 - Warren Christopher, US Secretary of State (1993–1997)
• 1926 - H.R. Haldeman, American political personality (d. 1993)
• 1928 - Gilles Vigneault, Québécois poet, singer and songwriter
• 1931 - Nawal el-Saadawi, Egyptian writer
• 1932 - Sylvia Plath, American poet (d. 1963)
• 1932 - Jean-Pierre Cassel, French actor (d. 2007)
• 1933 - Floyd Cramer, American popular pianist (d. 1997)
• 1934 - Giorgos Konstadinou, Greek actor and director
• 1937 - Lara Parker, American actress
• 1939 - John Cleese, British actor and writer
• 1940 - John Gotti, American gangster (d. 2002)
• 1940 - Maxine Hong Kingston, American writer
• 1941 - Dick Trickle, American auto racer
• 1942 - Lee Greenwood, American singer
• 1945 - Luis Inácio Lula da Silva, President of Brazil
• 1945 - John Kane, actor/writer
• 1946 - Carrie Snodgress, American actress (d. 2004)
• 1946 - Ivan Reitman, Czechoslovakian-born Canadian film actor, producer and director
• 1949 - Garry Tallent, American bass player (E Street Band)
• 1949 - Clifford Antone, American businessman (d. 2006)
• 1950 - Fran Lebowitz, American writer
• 1951 - Carlos Frenk, Mexican/British cosmologist
• 1951 - K.K. Downing, British guitarist (Judas Priest)
• 1951 - Nancy Jacobs, American politician
• 1951 - Jayne Kennedy, American actress, model, and sportscaster
• 1952 - Hameed Haroon, Pakistani publisher
• 1952 - Roberto Benigni, Italian director and actor
• 1953 - Peter Firth, British actor
• 1953 - Robert Picardo, American actor
• 1955 - Debra Bowen, American politician
• 1956 - Veronica Hart, American porn actress
• 1957 - Jeff East, American actor
• 1957 - Glenn Hoddle, English footballer
• 1958 - Simon Le Bon, English singer (Duran Duran)
• 1958 - Lee Carter, Alabama Judge of the 25th Judicial Circuit
• 1960 - Tom Nieto, American baseball player
• 1963 - Marla Maples, American actress and model
• 1964 - Mark Taylor, Australian test cricket captain (1994-1999)
• 1967 - Scott Weiland, American singer (Stone Temple Pilots and Velvet Revolver)
• 1970 - Adrian Erlandsson, Swedish drummer (Cradle of Filth)
• 1971 - Jade Arcade, American comics artist and writer
• 1971 - Theodoros Zagorakis, Greek footballer
• 1971 - Jorge Soto, Peruvian footballer
• 1972 - Lee Clark, English footballer
• 1972 - Evan Coyne Maloney, American filmmaker
• 1972 - Brad Radke, American baseball player
• 1972 - Marika Krook, Finnish singer (Edea)
• 1972 - Maria Mutola, Mozambican athlete
• 1973 - Jason Johnson, American baseball pitcher (Cincinnati Reds)
• 1975 - Zadie Smith, British novelist
• 1977 - Jiří Jarosík, Czech footballer
• 1977 - Kumar Sangakkara, Sri Lankan cricketer
• 1978 - Vanessa-Mae, Singapore musician
• 1978 - Sergei Samsonov, Russian ice hockey player
• 1979 - Melanie Vallejo, Australian TV actress
• 1980 - Tanel Padar, Estonian singer
• 1980 - Cassia Riley, American model
• 1981 - Han Hye-jin, South Korean actress
• 1981 - Kristi Richards, Canadian freestyle skier
• 1982 - Patrick Fugit, American actor
• 1982 - Dennis Moran, American computer hacker
• 1982 - Takashi Tsukamoto, Japanese actor
• 1982 - Keri Hilson, American singer
• 1984 - Kelly Osbourne, English television personality
• 1984 - Brady Quinn, American football player
• 1984 - Irfan Pathan, Indian cricketer
• 1986 - Matty Pattison, English footballer
• 1987 - Andrew Bynum, American basketball player
• 1987 - Yi Jianlian, Chinese basketball player

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