Events in History
- 362 The temple of Apollo at Daphne, outside of Antioch, is destroyed in a mysterious fire
- 794 Emperor Kanmu relocates Japanese capital to Heiankyo (now Kyoto).
- 1335 Ex-emperor Hanazono (95th Emperor of Japan) became a Zen priest
- 1383 The 1383-85 Crisis in Portugal: A period of civil war and disorder begins after King Fernando dies without a male heir to the Portuguese throne
- 1575 Foundation of Aguascalientes (one of 32 Federal Entities of Mexico)
- 1633 Battle of Liaoluo Bay: Dutch East India Company defeated by Chinese Ming naval forces in southern Fujian sea
- 1707 Scilly Naval Disaster: shipwreck of four Royal navy warships and loss of 1400 men during a storm off the Scilly Isles - will prompt 1714 British Act of Parliament competition to find longitude at sea
- 1708 Great Alliance occupies Rijsel
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Collis P. Huntington
Louis Riel
Bảo Đại
Robert Capa
Bobby SealeWeddings in History
- 1945 Argentine military officer and politician Juan Perón (50) weds actress Eva Duarte (26) at a civil ceremony in Junin
- 1948 American farm labor leader Cesar Chavez (21) weds American labor activist Helen Fabela (20) in Reno, Nevada in civil ceremony, followed later by a church service in California; marriage lasts until his death in 1993
- 1981 Best-selling author Michael Crichton (39) weds broadcast journalist Suzanne Childs
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Ferdinand I
Paul Cézanne
Andrew Fisher
Pretty Boy Floyd
Arnold J. Toynbee
Dietrich MateschitzOctober in History
The Tragedy of Aberfan
One hundred and sixteen young children died on this day when an avalanche of coal tip waste and debris thundered down a hillside and engulfed their school.
October 21, 1966
Jumping Jacques Makes First Parachute Descent
Daredevil André-Jacques Garnerin took to the sky in a hydrogen balloon on this day and after cutting himself adrift performed the first ‘parachute’ descent.
October 22, 1797
Test of Time for the Date of Creation
The assertion by a 17th Century bishop that the universe was created on this day in the year 4004 BC was put to the test in a famous trial in the United States.
October 23, 4004 BC
Women's Suffrage March on Fifth Ave, New York
25,000 women march in New York City demanding right to vote
October 23, 1915