On this day ......

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7 October 1691 – The English royal charter for the Province of Massachusetts Bay is issued.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Province_of_Massachusetts_Bay

 

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8 October 1895 – Birth of King Zog I of Albania

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zog_I_of_Albania

 

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9 October 1934 – Death of King Alexander I of Yugoslavia

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_I_of_Yugoslavia

 

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Beginning today.

October 21, 1944 - American victory. End of the Battle of Aachen - The 1st German city falls to Allied forces

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Aachen

 

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24 October 1991 – Death of Gene Roddenberry

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gene_Roddenberry

 

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25 October 1415 – The army of King Henry V of England defeats the French at the Battle of Agincourt.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Agincourt

 

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26 October 1802 – Birth of King Miguel I of Portugal

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miguel_I_of_Portugal

 

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29th October 1953 - British Commonwealth Pacific Airlines (BCPA) Flight 304 crashes during it's approach to San Francisco International Airport, killing all 19 occupants. (aircraft involved pictured below)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BCPA_Flight_304

 

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6 November 1661 – Birth of King Charles II of Spain

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_II_of_Spain

 

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8 November 1768 – Birth of Princess Augusta Sophia of the United Kingdom

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Princess_Augusta_Sophia_of_the_United_Kingdom

 

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9 November 1841 – Birth of King Edward VII of the United Kingdom

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_VII

 

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20 November 1908 – Birth of Alistair Cooke

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alistair_Cooke

 

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22 November 1819 – Birth of Mary Ann Evans (George Eliot)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Eliot

 

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23 November 1867 – The Manchester Martyrs are hanged in Manchester, England, for killing a police officer while freeing two Irish nationalists from custody.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manchester_Martyrs

 

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November 24, 1943 - Sinking of Escort Carrier USS Liscomb Bay, killing 650 men.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Liscome_Bay_(CVE-56)

 

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4 December 1878 – Birth of Grand Duke Michael Alexandrovich of Russia

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Duke_Michael_Alexandrovich_of_Russia

 

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6 December 1882 – Death of Anthony Trollope

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony_Trollope

 

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December 7, 1941 - Japanese Empire attacks the US (Pearl Harbor, HI, the Philippines, Guam & Wake Islands) the UK (Hong Kong, Malaya, Singapore, Burma), The Netherlands (Dutch East Indies) with no prior warning.

Siam (Thailand) was forced to join the war on Japan's side. On February 18, 1842, Darwin, Northern Territories, Australia was also attacked without warning

 

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28 December 1879 – Tay Bridge disaster: The central part of the Tay Rail Bridge in Dundee, Scotland, United Kingdom collapses as a train passes over it, killing 75.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tay_Bridge_disaster

 

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December 28, 1065 - Westminster Abbey is consecrated

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westminster_Abbey