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Nicholas II of Russia
Henry VII of England
French troops capturing Stettin
George I of Greece in 1863
Monument to the Gozo luzzu disaster
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Ineligible
| Blurb | Reason |
|---|---|
| Thevar Jayanthi in Tamil Nadu, India; | multiple issues |
| 1270 – An agreement between Charles I of Naples, King of Sicily, and Muhammad I al-Mustansir, ruler of the Hafsid dynasty in Ifriqiya, ended the Eighth Crusade and opened up free trade between the Christians and Tunis. | refimprove section |
| 1226 – Trần Thủ Độ, head of the Trần clan of Vietnam, forced Lý Huệ Tông, the last emperor of the Lý dynasty, to commit suicide. | date not certain (see Talk:Trần Thủ Độ) |
| 1485 – Having seized the English throne after the Wars of the Roses, Henry VII (pictured) was crowned at Westminster Abbey. | lots of CN tags (20) |
| 1905 – Russian Revolution: Tsar Nicholas II reluctantly signed the October Manifesto, establishing the State Duma as the elected legislature in the Russian Empire. | unreferenced section |
| 1918 – The Armistice of Mudros was signed in Greece, ending hostilities in the Middle Eastern theatre of World War I and paving the way for the occupation of Istanbul and the subsequent partition of the Ottoman Empire. | Date not cited in the article |
| 1942 – Second World War: British sailors boarded German submarine U-559 as it was sinking and retrieved cryptographic materials that proved crucial to breaking the Enigma code. | unreferenced section |
| 1950 – Blanca Canales led the Jayuya Uprising against the U.S.-supported Puerto Rican government. | Unreliable sources |
| 1947 – The General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, the precursor to the World Trade Organization, was signed by 23 nations to reduce tariffs and other trade barriers. | refimprove, summarize section |
| 1961 – The Soviet hydrogen bomb Tsar Bomba, the largest nuclear weapon ever detonated, was set off over Novaya Zemlya in the Arctic Ocean as a test. | unreferenced section |
| 1973 – Istanbul's 1,510-metre (4,950 ft) long Bosphorus Bridge was completed, connecting the continents of Europe and Asia over the Bosphorus Strait. | refimprove |
| 1974 – In one of boxing's most famous fights, Muhammad Ali knocked out George Foreman at The Rumble in the Jungle in Kinshasa, Zaire. | refimprove |
| 1985 – Space Shuttle Challenger lifted off for mission STS-61-A, its final mission before breaking apart mid-air months later. | Too much uncited |
| 1995 – Quebec citizens narrowly voted in favour of remaining a province of Canada in their second referendum on national sovereignty. | Too much uncited |
| 1997 – Nineteen-year-old British au pair Louise Woodward was convicted of the involuntary manslaughter of eight-month-old Matthew Eappen in Newton, Massachusetts. | refimprove |
| 2015 – Improper usage of indoor pyrotechnics caused a nightclub fire in Bucharest that killed 64 and injured another 147. | section needs to be summarized |
| Hilja Riipinen |b|1883| | Birthday not cited |
| Makoto Kanoh |b|1950| | Stub |
| Florence Nagle |d|1988| | Deathday not cited |
Eligible
- 1806 – War of the Fourth Coalition: Believing that they were outnumbered, the German garrison at Stettin surrendered to a much smaller French force without a fight.
- 1863 – Seventeen-year-old Vilhelm, Prince of Denmark, arrived in Athens to become King George I of Greece (pictured).
- 1938 – CBS Radio broadcast "The War of the Worlds", a radio drama that newspapers accused of tricking Americans into believing there was an actual Martian invasion.
- 1948 – A luzzu (Maltese fishing boat) overloaded with passengers capsized and sank in the Gozo Channel off Qala, killing 23 of the 27 people on board (monument pictured).
- 1968 – A squad of 120 North Korean Army commandos landed in boats along a 25-mile long section of the eastern coast of South Korea in a failed attempt to overthrow the dictatorship of Park Chung Hee and reunify Korea.
- 1983 – As the military dictatorship came to an end, Argentina's first democratic election in a decade resulted in Raúl Alfonsín being elected president.
- 1991 – The Madrid Conference, an attempt by the international community to revive the Israeli–Palestinian peace process through negotiations, convened.
- 1993 – The Troubles: Three members of the Ulster Defence Association opened fire in a crowded pub during a Halloween party, killing eight people and wounding nineteen others.
- 2001 – Michael Jackson released Invincible, his final studio album and the most expensive album ever produced.
- 2002 – After his terminal-cancer diagnosis, Warren Zevon made his last public appearance on the Late Show with David Letterman, giving the advice to "enjoy every sandwich".
- Born/died this day: | Mary Hayley |b|1728| Angelica Kauffman |b|1741| André Chénier |b|1762| Ignace Bourget |b|1799| Caroline Spencer |b|1861| António Cabreira |b|1868| Miloš Trifunović |b|1871|Dave Gallaher |b|1873| Günther von Kluge |b|1882| Peter Warlock |b|1894| Homi J. Bhabha |b|1909| James S. Sherman |d|1912| Gustav Ludwig Hertz |d|1975| Ali Riley |b|1987| Jam Master Jay |d|2002|
Notes
- Marmaray appears on October 29, so Bosphorus Bridge should not appear in the same year
Rudd Concession
- 1888 – Lobengula, King of Matabeleland, granted the Rudd Concession (pictured) to agents of Cecil Rhodes, leading to the creation of the British South Africa Company.
- 1960 – At the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, Michael Woodruff performed the first successful kidney transplantation in the United Kingdom.
- 1965 – English model Jean Shrimpton wore a controversially short minidress to Derby Day at Flemington Racecourse in Melbourne, Australia – a pivotal moment of the introduction of the miniskirt to women's fashion.
- 2010 – American comedians Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert hosted the Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear in Washington, D.C.
- 2020 – A magnitude-7.0 earthquake occurred in the Aegean Sea between Greece and Turkey, triggering a tsunami and causing 119 deaths.
- John Adams (b. 1735)
- Adelaide Anne Procter (b. 1825)
- Charles Tupper (d. 1915)
- Matt Peacock (d. 2024)
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