This day in history: 539 BC – The army of Cyrus the Greatof Persia takes Babylon.633 – Battle of Hatfield Chase: KingEdwin of Northumbria is defeated and killed by the British under Penda of Mercia and Cadwallon of Gwynedd.1113 – The city of Oradea is first mentioned under the Latin name Varadinum (vár means fortress in Hungarian).1216 – John, King of England loses his crown jewels in The Wash, probably near Fosdyke, perhaps near Sutton Bridge.1279 – Nichiren, a Japanese Buddhist monk founder of Nichiren Buddhism, inscribes the Dai-Gohonzon.1398 – The Treaty of Salynas is signed between Grand Duke of Lithuania Vytautas the Great and theTeutonic Knights, who receivedSamogitia.1492 – Christopher Columbuss expedition makes landfall in the Caribbean, specifically in The Bahamas. The explorer believes he has reached the Indies.1582 – Because of the implementation of the Gregorian calendar this day does not exist in this year in Italy, Poland, Portugal and Spain.1654 – The Delft Explosiondevastates the city in the Netherlands, killing more than 100 people.1692 – The Salem witch trials are ended by a letter from Massachusetts Governor William Phips.1748 – British and Spanish naval forces engage at the Battle of Havanaduring the War of Jenkins Ear.1773 – Americas first insane asylumopens for Persons of Insane and Disordered Minds in Virginia.1792 – First celebration of Columbus Day in the USA held in New York City.1793 – The cornerstone of Old East, the oldest state university building in the United States, is laid on the campus of the University of North Carolina.1799 – Jeanne Geneviève Labrossewas the first woman to jump from a balloon with a parachute, from an altitude of 900 meters.1810 – First Oktoberfest: TheBavarian royalty invites the citizens ofMunich to join the celebration of the marriage of Crown Prince Ludwig of Bavaria to Princess Therese von Sachsen-Hildburghausen.1822 – Pedro I of Brazil is proclaimed the emperor of the Empire of Brazil.1823 – Charles Macintosh of Scotland sells the first raincoat.1871 – Criminal Tribes Act (CTA) enacted by British rule in India, which named over 160 local communities Criminal Tribes, i.e. hereditary criminals. Repealed in 1949, afterIndependence of India.1892 – The Pledge of Allegiance is first recited by students in many USpublic schools, as part of a celebration marking the 400th anniversary of Columbuss voyage.1901 – President Theodore Rooseveltofficially renames the Executive Mansion to the White House.1915 – World War I: British nurseEdith Cavell is executed by a German firing squad for helping Allied soldiers escape from Belgium1917 – World War I: The First Battle of Passchendaele takes place resulting in the largest single day loss of life in New Zealand history.1918 – A massive forest fire kills 453 people in Minnesota.1928 – An iron lung respirator is used for the first time at Childrens Hospital,Boston1933 – The United States ArmyDisciplinary Barracks on Alcatraz Island, is acquired by the United States Department of Justice1942 – World War II: Japanese ships retreat after their defeat in the Battle of Cape Esperance with the Japanese commander, Aritomo Gotō dying from wounds suffered in the battle and two Japanese destroyers sunk by Allied air attack.1944 – World War II: The Liberation of Athens from the German invaders.1945 – World War II: Desmond Dossis the first conscientious objector to receive the U.S. Medal of Honor.1953 – The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial opens at Plymouth Theatre, New York City1959 – At the national congress ofAPRA in Peru a group of leftist radicals are expelled from the party. They will later form APRA Rebelde.1960 – Cold War: Nikita Khrushchevpounds his shoe on a desk at United Nations General Assembly meeting to protest a Philippine assertion of Soviet Union colonial policy being conducted in Eastern Europe1960 – Television viewers in Japan unexpectedly witness the assassination of Inejiro Asanuma, leader of the Japan Socialist Party, when he is stabbed and killed during a live broadcast.1962 – Infamous Columbus Day Storm strikes the U.S. Pacific Northwest with record wind velocities; 46 dead and at least U.S. $230 million in damages1964 – The Soviet Union launches theVoskhod 1 into Earth orbit as the first spacecraft with a multi-person crew and the first flight without space suits1967 – Vietnam War: US Secretary of State Dean Rusk states during a news conference that proposals by the U.S. Congress for peace initiatives are futile because of North Vietnams opposition1968 – Equatorial Guinea becomes independent from Spain1970 – Vietnam War: US PresidentRichard Nixon announces that the United States will withdraw 40,000 more troops before Christmas1979 – The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy, the first of five books in theHitchhikers Guide to the Galaxycomedy science fiction series byDouglas Adams is published.1979 – The lowest recorded non-tornadic atmospheric pressure, 87.0 kPa (870 mbar or 25.69 inHg), occurred in the Western Pacific during Typhoon Tip.1983 – Japans former Prime MinisterTanaka Kakuei is found guilty of taking a $2 million bribe from Lockheed and is sentenced to 4 years in jail.1984 – Brighton hotel bombing: TheProvisional Irish Republican Armyattempt to assassinate Prime MinisterMargaret Thatcher and her cabinet. Thatcher escapes but the bomb kills five people and wounds 31.1986 – Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh visit the Peoples Republic of China1988 – Jaffna University Helidrop: Commandos of Indian Peace Keeping Force raided the Jaffna University campus to capture the LTTE chief and walked into a trap.1988 – Two officers of the Victoria Police are gunned down execution-style in the Walsh Street police shootings, Australia.1988 – Birchandra Manu massacre inTripura, India 1988 I was born. 1991 – Askar Akayev, previously chosen President of Kyrgyzstan by republics Supreme Soviet, is confirmed president in an uncontested poll.1992 – 5.8 earthquake occurred in Cairo, Egypt. At least 510 died.1994 – NASA loses radio contact with the Magellan spacecraft as the probe descends into the thick atmosphere ofVenus (the spacecraft presumably burned up in the atmosphere).1997 – Sidi Daoud massacre inAlgeria; 43 killed at a fake roadblock.1999 – Pervez Musharraf takes power in Pakistan from Nawaz Sharif through a bloodless coup.1999 – The former Autonomous Soviet Republic of Abkhazia declares its independence from Georgia2000 – The USS Cole is badly damaged in Aden, Yemen, by twosuicide bombers, killing 17 crew members and wounding at least 39.2002 – Terrorists detonate bombs in the Sari Club in Kuta, Bali, killing 202 and wounding over 300.2003 – Michael Schumacher wins his 6th Formula One Drivers championshipat the 2003 Japanese Grand Prix to beat the 48 year old record held by Juan Manuel Fangio2005 – The second Chinese human spaceflight Shenzhou 6 launched carrying Fèi Jùnlóng and Niè Hǎishèngfor five days in orbit.2013 – 51 people are killed after a truck veers off a cliff in La Convención Province in Peru.
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