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Tsar Ferdinand of Bulgaria
Tsar Ferdinand of Bulgaria
British airship R101
Chief Joseph
Samuel Griffith
Barry Bonds
Ineligible
| Blurb | Reason |
|---|---|
| International Day of No Prostitution; | neutrality issues, stub |
| World Teachers' Day; | needs expert attention |
| Republic Day in Portugal (1910) | refimprove section |
| 869 – The Fourth Council of Constantinople, the eighth Catholic Ecumenical Council, was convened to discuss the patriarchate of Photios I of Constantinople. | refimprove |
| 1877 – After battling the U.S. Army for more than three months, retreating over 1,000 miles across Oregon, Washington, Idaho, and Montana, and enduring a five-day siege, Chief Joseph and his Nez Perce band finally surrendered. | refimprove |
| 1908 – Prince Ferdinand became the first Tsar of Bulgaria since the Ottoman invasion in the 14th century. | refimprove |
| 1910 – The Portuguese Republican Party organised a coup d'etat, deposed the constitutional monarchy and implanted a republican regime in Portugal. | refimprove section |
| 1945 – A six-month strike by Hollywood set decorators boiled over into a bloody riot at the gates of the Warner Bros. studios in Burbank, California. | refimprove |
| 1948 – The International Union for Conservation of Nature was founded at a congress sponsored by UNESCO director Julian Huxley in Fontainebleau, France. | unreferenced section |
| 1969 – The first episode of Monty Python's Flying Circus was broadcast on BBC1. | refimprove |
| 1970 – The environmental organization Greenpeace was incorporated as the Don't Make a Wave Committee in British Columbia, Canada. | inappropriate tone |
| 1986 – The British newspaper The Sunday Times published a story by Mordechai Vanunu, a former nuclear technician, revealing details of Israel's nuclear capability. | refimprove sections, outdated |
| 2000 – During protests caused by irregularities in the Yugoslav general election, Serbian wheel loader operator Ljubisav Đokić rammed the Radio Television of Serbia building with his vehicle, giving the protests the nickname "Bulldozer Revolution". | lots of CN tags |
| 2001 – American baseball player Barry Bonds surpassed Mark McGwire's single-season home run total with his milestone 71st and 72nd home runs. | refimprove section |
| Chester A. Arthur (b. 1829) | POTD for 2018 |
Eligible
- 610 – Heraclius was crowned Byzantine Emperor, having personally beheaded the previous emperor Phocas.
- 1903 – Samuel Griffith became the first Chief Justice of Australia, while Edmund Barton and Richard O'Connor became the first Puisne Justices of the High Court of Australia.
- 1936 – Around 200 men began a 291-mile (468 km) march from Jarrow to London, carrying a petition to the British government requesting the re-establishment of industry in the town.
- 1962 – "Love Me Do", the first single by the Beatles, was released in the United Kingdom.
- 1962 – Dr. No, the first in the James Bond film series, was released.
- 1963 – The U.S. temporarily suspended the Commercial Import Program, its main economic support for South Vietnam, in response to oppression of Buddhism by President Ngo Dinh Diem.
- 1973 – Seven nations signed the European Patent Convention, providing an autonomous legal system according to which European patents are granted.
- 1975 – Dirty War: The guerrilla group Montoneros carried out Operation Primicia, a terrorist attack in which they hijacked an Aerolíneas Argentinas flight, captured the Formosa International Airport, and attacked a military regiment.
- 1999 – Two trains collided head-on at Ladbroke Grove, London, killing 31 passengers and severely damaging public confidence in the management and regulation of safety of Britain's privatised railway system.
- 2011 – Two Chinese cargo ships were attacked on a stretch of the Mekong River in the Golden Triangle area of Southeast Asia, and their crews murdered.
- Born/died: Jacques Offenbach (d. 1880) · Magda Szabó (b. 1917) · Kate Winslet (b. 1975)
Notes
- Boris III of Bulgaria appears on October 3, so Ferdinand I should not appear in the same year.
Women's March on Versailles
- 1789 – French Revolution: Upset about the high price and scarcity of bread, thousands of Parisian women and their various allies marched (pictured) on the royal palace at Versailles.
- 1869 – During construction of the Hennepin Island tunnel in St. Anthony, Minnesota (now Minneapolis), U.S., the Mississippi River broke through the tunnel's limestone ceiling, nearly destroying Saint Anthony Falls.
- 1930 – The British airship R101 crashed in France en route to India on its maiden overseas flight, killing 48 passengers and crew.
- 1970 – Members of the Front de Libération du Québec kidnapped British diplomat James Cross, sparking the October Crisis in Montreal.
- 1986 – Eugene Hasenfus's plane was shot down by Nicaraguan forces while carrying weapons to the Contra rebels on behalf of the U.S. government; he was subsequently captured, leading to an international controversy.
Giovanni Visconti (d. 1354) · Paul Fleming (b. 1609) · Eduardo Duhalde (b. 1941)