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Emperor Haile Selassie I given an Imperial funeral by the Ethiopian Orthodox church |
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President of Pakistan Farooq Ahmed Khan Leghari dismissed the government of Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto and dissolved National Assembly of Pakistan. |
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André Dallaire attempts to assassinate Jean Chrétien; he is thwarted when the Prime Ministers wife locks the door. |
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Forty-five year old George Foreman becomes boxings oldest heavyweight champion when he knocks out Michael Moorer. |
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Rabbi Meir Kahane, founder of the far-right Kach movement, is shot dead after a speech at a New York City hotel. |
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Apartheid: In South Africa, Govan Mbeki is released from custody after serving 24 years in the Robben Island prison. He had been sentenced to life for treason against the white minority South Africa government. |
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USS Rentz (FFG-46), USS Reeves (DLG-24) and USS Oldendorf (DD-972) visit Qingdao (Tsing Tao) China—the first US Naval visit to China since 1949. |
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Byford Dolphin diving bell accident kills five and leaves one severely injured. |
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Ayatollah Khomeini declares the USA to be "the great Satan". |
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Vietnam War: The United States Military Assistance Command in Vietnam reports the lowest weekly American soldier death toll in five years (24). |
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The Hither Green rail crash in the United Kingdom kills 49 people. The survivors include Bee Gee Robin Gibb. |
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State of Emergency declared in Rhodesia after collapse of negotiations with Great Britain over Rhodesian independence (UDI would follow six days later) |
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A mining accident kills 21 miners at the government-owned Kings Bay Coal Company on Svalbard, leading the Norwegian government to close the mine. |
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Colombia joins the United Nations. |
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The World War II Second Battle of El Alamein is won by the British in El Alamein, Egypt. |
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World War II: Adolf Hitler holds a secret meeting and states his plans for acquiring "living space" for the German people. |
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October Revolution: In Tallinn, Esthonia, Communist leader Jaan Anwelt lead revolutionaries in overthrowing the Provisional Government (As Esthonia and Russia are still using the Julian Calendar, subsequent period references show an October 23 date). |
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St. Tikhon of Moscow was elected the Patriarch of Moscow and of the Russian Orthodox Church. |
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The Kingdom of Poland proclaimed by the Act of November 5th of the emperors of Germany and Austria-Hungary. |
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The Everett Massacre takes place as political differences lead to a shoot-out between IWW organizers and local police |
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The insane king Otto of Bavaria is deposed by his cousin, Prince Regent Ludwig, who assumed the title Ludwig III. |
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United Kingdom annexes Cyprus, and together with France declares war on the Ottoman Empire. |
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After declaring war on the Ottoman Empire on September 29, 1911, Italy annexes Tripoli and Cyrenaica. |
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George B. Selden is granted the first U.S. patent for an automobile. |
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Womens suffrage: In defiance of the law, suffragist Susan B. Anthony votes for the first time, and is later fined $100. |
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American Civil War: Abraham Lincoln removes George B. McClellan as commander of the Union Army for the second and final time. |
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Indian Wars: In Minnesota, more than 300 Santee Sioux are found guilty of rape and murder of white settlers and are sentenced to hang. |
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The Battle of Inkerman was fought during the Crimean War. |
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The United States of Central America began to disintegrate when Nicaragua separated from the federation. |
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Nat Turner, American slave leader, is tried, convicted, and sentenced to death. |
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French-American force under Colonel LaBalme is defeated by Miami Chief Little Turtle. |
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Treaty of Fort Stanwix - The purpose of the conference was to adjust the boundary line between Indian lands and white settlements set forth in the Proclamation of 1763 in the Thirteen Colonies. |
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Seven Years War: Frederick the Great defeated the allied armies of France and the Holy Roman Empire in the Battle of Rossbach. |
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Glorious Revolution begins: William of Orange lands at Brixham. |
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Gunpowder Plot: A plot led by Robert Catesby to blow up the English Houses of Parliament is thwarted when Sir Thomas Knyvet, a justice of the peace, finds Guy Fawkes in a cellar below the Parliament building. |
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Second Battle of Panipat: Fifty miles north of Delhi, a Mughal Army defeats Hindu forces of General Hemu to ensure Akbar the throne of India. In the battle, Hemu became unconscious when an arrow stuck into his right eye. He was brought as captive to Akbar and was hanged. |
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St. Felixs Flood destroys the city of Reimerswaal in the Netherlands |
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Publication of the Catholicon in Treguier (Brittany). This Breton-French-Latin dictionary had been written in 1464 by Jehan Lagadeuc. Its the first Breton dictionary as well as the first French dictionary in world History. |
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