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November 15
Yasser Arafat Proclaimed Palestinian Statehood
November 14
Eritrea Made a Province of the Ethiopian Empire
November 13
Terrorist Attacks in Paris
November 12
Japanese Emporer Akihito Enthroned
November 11
1918 – The End of World War I
November 10
Stanley Found Livingstone
November 9
The Fall of the Berlin Wall
November 8
Super Typhoon Haiyan Strikes The Philippines
November 7
US Presidential Election Disputed – 2000
November 6
Abraham Lincoln Elected President of the United States
November 5
The Gunpowder Plot 1605
November 4
Assassination of Yitzhak Rabin
November 3
A Hidden Part of the Wall of China Found
November 2
Jimmy Carter Elected 39th President of the United States
November 1
First Thermonuclear Bomb Tested
October 31
Martin Luther Posts Ninety-Five Theses
Starting the Protestant Reformation
October 30
New King of England Crowned – Henry Tudor
October 29
US Stock Market Collapse
October 28
The Dedication of Lady Liberty
October 28
Menachem Begin
Nobel Peace Prize Awarded to
Anwar Sadat and Menachem Begin
October 27
Menachem Begin
Nobel Peace Prize Awarded to
Anwar Sadat and Menachem Begin
October 26
The Assassination of Park Chung-Hee, President of South Korea
October 25
Triumph of the English at Agincourt
October 24
The Establishment of the United Nations
October 23
Attack on French and American Troops in Beirut
October 22
The Cuban Missile Crisis
October 21
Magellan Discovers Gateway to Circumnavigate the Globe
October 20
The Opening of the Sydney Opera House
October 19
Lord Cornwallis Surrenders
October 18
Approval of the Alaska Purchase
October 17
Mother Teresa Receives Nobel Peace Prize
October 16
Marie-Antoinette Guillotined
October 15
The Antarctic Treaty Final Conference
October 14
Battle of Hastings
October 13
White House’s Cornerstone Laid
October 12
New World Sighted
October 11
Opening of the Second Vatican Council
October 10
U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis Founded
October 9
Indigenous People Day
October 8
1871 – The Great Chicago Fire and more
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