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October 5, 1962: Dr. No, the first James Bond film, is...
October 5, 1962: Dr. No, the first James Bond film, is released. With twenty-two films out (and a twenty-third set for release this October), the series was the first film series to gross over a...
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October 6, 1927: The Jazz Singer, the first prominent...
October 6, 1927: The Jazz Singer, the first prominent “talkie”, is released. “You ain’t heard nothing yet” was a line spoken by Al Jolson in the first feature film with synchronized dialogue. In a...
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October 7, 1900: Heinrich Himmler is born. At first glance,...
October 7, 1900: Heinrich Himmler is born. At first glance, Heinrich Himmler resembled a balding, dull, thoroughly average office worker or banker; in fact he was one of the most powerful men in Nazi...
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A group of white and African-American college students and...
A group of white and African-American college students and professors are harassed in Jackson, Mississippi while protesting segregated lunch counters - May 1963.
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October 9, 1967: Che Guevara is killed. At the time of his...
October 9, 1967: Che Guevara is killed. At the time of his capture, he had been attempting to organize a Marxist takeover of Bolivia with his joint Cuban-Bolivian group, the National Liberation Army...
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October 10, 1861: Fridtjof Nansen is born. Fridtjof Nansen (born...
October 10, 1861: Fridtjof Nansen is born. Fridtjof Nansen (born in Oslo, Norway) was a champion athlete, scientist, Polar explorer, diplomat, humanitarian, Nobel Peace Prize recipient, and wearer of...
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October 12, 1492: Christopher Columbus arrives in the...
October 12, 1492: Christopher Columbus arrives in the Americas. In early 1492, as the Reconquista came to an end, Christopher Columbus (a native of Genoa, in present-day Italy) was promised by...
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October 13, 1307: Philip IV orders the arrest of Templar Knights...
October 13, 1307: Philip IV orders the arrest of Templar Knights across France. On this day, the king of France (with the blessing of Pope Clement V) ordered the arrest of hundreds of Templars, to...
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October 14, 1066: William the Conqueror defeats Harold Godwinson...
Philip James de Loutherbourg October 14, 1066: William the Conqueror defeats Harold Godwinson at the Battle of Hastings. The relatively short Norman conquest of England began in September of 1066, was...
View Articleeyewitness accounts from king charles 1 execution?
This site is usually reliable… it also provides some book references at the bottom, which might be helpful as well. I can’t find any other good eyewitness accounts, but here’s the speech he delivered...
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“…the Black Panther Party, without question,...
“…the Black Panther Party, without question, represents the greatest threat to internal security of the country.” - J. Edgar Hoover, 1969. October 15, 1966: The Black Panther Party is founded in...
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October 16, 1946: Ten Nazi leaders are hanged at Nuremberg. Of...
October 16, 1946: Ten Nazi leaders are hanged at Nuremberg. Of the twenty-four men who stood on trial at the “greatest trial in history”, twelve were sentenced to death. Of these twelve, one had been...
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October 18, 1851: Moby-Dick is published. Herman...
Tony Millionaire October 18, 1851: Moby-Dick is published. Herman Melville’s classic novel, one of the “Great American Novels”, opened with one of the most famous lines of all time: “Call me Ishmael”....
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October 19, 1781: The British surrender at Yorktown. The Siege...
John Trumbull Auguste Couder Howard Pyle October 19, 1781: The British surrender at Yorktown. The Siege of Yorktown, which began on September 28, 1781, was one of the last major battles of the...
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October 20, 1944: The Battle of Leyte begins. In March 1942,...
Japanese pamphlet October 20, 1944: The Battle of Leyte begins. In March 1942, after Japanese forces successfully invaded and occupied the Philippines, General Douglas MacArthur delivered a speech in...
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October 21, 1805: The Battle of Trafalgar is fought. At the...
William Clarkson Stanfield JMW Turner Auguste Mayer Philippe Jacques de Loutherbourg October 21, 1805: The Battle of Trafalgar is fought. At the Battle of Trafalgar, fought off Cape Trafalgar (south...
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