This Day In History:

October 5

1789 – French Revolution: Women of Paris march to Versailles in the March on Versailles to confront Louis XVI about his refusal to promulgate the decrees on the abolition of feudalism, demand bread, and have the King and his court moved to Paris.

1910 – Revolution in Portugal, monarchy overthrown, a republic declared.

1958 - USSR performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya, USSR.

1986 – Israeli secret nuclear weapons are revealed. The British newspaper The Sunday Times ran Mordechai Vanunu's story on its front page under the headline: "Revealed — the secrets of Israel's nuclear arsenal."

1988 – The Chilean opposition coalition Concertación (center-left) defeat Augusto Pinochet in his re-election intentions. Next year a general election is called.

October 7, 1949 - Founding of the German Democratic Republic





"Together We Are Invincible!"

Salute.

As a Russian, I salute you, only version of Germany I ever cared for! I hope you shake off the Merkel virus, and get well soon!

What an awesome picture ._.

October 8
1941 – World War II: In their invasion of the Soviet Union, Germany reaches the Sea of Azov with the capture of Mariupol.

1962 – Spiegel scandal: Der Spiegel publishes the article "Bedingt abwehrbereit" ("Conditionally prepared for defense") about a NATO manoeuver called "Fallex 62", which uncovered the sorry state of the Bundeswehr (Germany's army) facing the communist threat from the east at the time. The magazine is soon accused of treason.

1962 – Algeria joins the United Nations.

1967 – Guerrilla leader Che Guevara and his men are captured in Bolivia.

1968 – Vietnam War: Operation Sealords – United States and South Vietnamese forces launch a new operation in the Mekong Delta.

1969 – The opening rally of the Days of Rage occurs, organized by the Weather Underground in Chicago, Illinois.

1970 – Vietnam War: In Paris, a Communist delegation rejects US President Richard Nixon's October 7 peace proposal as "a maneuver to deceive world opinion".

1991 – Croatia votes to sever constitutional relations with Yugoslavia, making the country fully independent

2001 – U.S. President George W. Bush announces the establishment of the Office of Homeland Security.

October 8
1941 – World War II: In their invasion of the Soviet Union, Germany reaches the Sea of Azov with the capture of Mariupol.

1962 – Spiegel scandal: Der Spiegel publishes the article "Bedingt abwehrbereit" ("Conditionally prepared for defense") about a NATO manoeuver called "Fallex 62", which uncovered the sorry state of the Bundeswehr (Germany's army) facing the communist threat from the east at the time. The magazine is soon accused of treason.

1962 – Algeria joins the United Nations.

1967 – Guerrilla leader Che Guevara and his men are captured in Bolivia.

1968 – Vietnam War: Operation Sealords – United States and South Vietnamese forces launch a new operation in the Mekong Delta.

1969 – The opening rally of the Days of Rage occurs, organized by the Weather Underground in Chicago, Illinois.

1970 – Vietnam War: In Paris, a Communist delegation rejects US President Richard Nixon's October 7 peace proposal as "a maneuver to deceive world opinion".

1991 – Croatia votes to sever constitutional relations with Yugoslavia, making the country fully independent

2001 – U.S. President George W. Bush announces the establishment of the Office of Homeland Security.

are you copying from wikipedia

Oh c'mon I thought we made it not really a rule but a guideline not to just copy wikipedia and put them here.

October 10

1988 - I was born. Of course that's important!

OK, for serious:

1911 - The beginning of the Wuchang Uprising, which led to the Xinhai Revolution, resulting in the overthrow of the Qing Dynasty and the imperial monarchy in China and the establishment of the Republic of China.

1945 - Founding of the Workers' Party of Korea.

Also, infamous movie director Ed Wood (most well known for Plan 9 from Outer Space) was born today, in 1924.

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Oh c'mon I thought we made it not really a rule but a guideline not to just copy wikipedia and put them here.

Yes, sort of. In analytical topics it's somehow more questionable but this topic is pure boring chronology... wiki can't do a lot of damage here.

October 13

SOMETHING COOL PROBABLY HAPPENED!

Even the Wikipedia entry for October 13 feels really short. Apparently Nero ascended to the Roman throne, and the Red Army took Riga, Latvia. Yep...

A Romulan became Emperor of Rome? That's almost appropriate.

Indigo wrote:

In exchange we give them another seven years to clean up their act before we come over there.

And it still wasn't enough time.

Indigo wrote:

leading to 5 years of Bill O'reilly fans asking "he's not joking, is he?"

Unfortunately for them he is.

October 24
1929 - The "Black Thursday" Wall Street Crash, to be followed by "Black Monday" and the infamous "Black Tuesday" the next week. Man, I want to see a repeat of this so badly, and followed by a smashing of the entire rotting system. Frag what my S-D and left-liberal friends say.
1945 - Charter of the United Nations enters into force after its ratification by the members of the Security Council, thereby establishing a (sort of) new order in the international stage, while simultaneously giving ammunition to lunatic New World Order conspiracy theorists.

November 2

1795 – The French Directory succeeds the French National Convention as the government of Revolutionary France.

1936 – Italian dictator Benito Mussolini proclaims the Rome-Berlin Axis, establishing the alliance of the Axis Powers.

1963 – South Vietnamese President Ngô Ðình Diệm is assassinated following a military coup.

1966 – The Cuban Adjustment Act comes into force, allowing 123,000 Cubans the opportunity to apply for permanent residence in the United States.

1973 – The Communist Party of India (Marxist) and the Communist Party of India form a 'United Front' in the state of Tripura.

Indigo wrote:

1983- Martin Luther King day is established by...Reagan.

I didn't know he established it.