Events in History
- 456 Magister militum Ricimer defeats the Emperor Avitus at Piacenza and becomes master of the western Roman Empire
- 1311 Council of Vienne (15th ecumenical council) opens
- 1384 Jadwiga is crowned King of Poland, despite being a woman
- 1418 Milan Cathedral's high altar consecrated by Pope Martin V
- 1492 Christopher Columbus' fleet anchors at "Fernandina" (Long Island, Bahamas)
- 1502 Storm ravages Friese coast
- 1551 English Edward Seymour Duke of Somerset re-arrested
- 1579 Francis Drake sights land in the Philippines after crossing the Pacific Ocean aboard the 'Golden Hind' [1]
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Oscar Wilde
David Ben-Gurion
Eugene O'Neill
Michael Collins
Enver Hoxha
Günter GrassWeddings in History
- 1923 General Francisco Franco (30) marries María del Carmen Polo y Martínez-Valdés (23) at Church of San Juan el Real in Oviedo
- 1992 Author J. K. Rowling (27) weds Portuguese television journalist Jorge Arantes
Divorces in History
- 1924 American writer ("Gone with the Wind") Margaret Mitchell divorces 1st husband Berrien "Red" Upshaw
More Weddings & Divorces in History
Marie Antoinette
Alfred Jodl
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Wilhelm Keitel
George Marshall
Moshe DayanOctober in History
Hurricane on the Way? Don't Worry
A cosy assurance from a BBC weather forecaster for viewers not to worry about an impending storm has gone down as the most spectacular mis-forecast in history.
October 15, 1987
The Protestant Reformation
1517 copy of Martin Luther's 95 theses, the publication of which began the Protestant Reformation in Europe
October 15, 1517
Lenient Lion Remembered for 375 Years
A lion spared a businessman who prayed on his knees on this day and the event is still being celebrated in an ancient London church three centuries later.
October 16, 1643
Cuban Missile Crisis
Reconnaissance photo of Soviet missiles in Cuba shown to John F. Kennedy on October 16, 1962
October 16, 1962