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October 11924: Jimmy Carter is born
October 2
1869: Mahatma Gandhi is born
October 3
1974: Watergate trial begins
October 4
1822: Rutherford B. Hayes is born
October 5
1813: Tecumseh is defeated
October 6
1973: Yom Kippur War begins
October 7
1900: Heinrich Himmler is born
October 8
1869: Franklin Pierce dies
October 9
1974: Oskar Schindler dies
October 10
1964: Herbert Hoover dies
October 11
1899: Boer War begins
October 12
1492: Columbus discovers the New World
1870: Robert E. Lee dies
October 13
1775: Continental Navy established
1792: Cornerstone is laid for White House
October 14
1944: Erwin Rommel dies
October 15
1946: Herman Goering commits suicide
October 16
1758: Noah Webster is born
October 17
1777: Battle of Saratoga
October 18
1931: Thomas Alva Edison dies
October 19
1781: Battle of Yorktown
October 20
1803: Louisiana Purchase takes place
October 21
1805: Battle of Trafalgar
October 22
1918: Flu epidemic begins
October 23
42 BC: Brutus dies
October 24
1648: Thirty Years War ends
1972: Scott Peterson is born
October 25
1854: Charge of the Light Brigade
October 26
1881: Shoot-out at the O.K. Corral
October 27
1858: Theodore Roosevelt is born
October 28
1886: Statue of Liberty is dedicated
October 29
1879: Franz von Papen is born
1897: Josef Goebbels is born
October 30
1735: John Adams is born
1938: "War of the Worlds" radio broadcast
October 31
1517: Martin Luther posts 95 theses
1887: Chiang-Kai Shek is born
