The citizens of Munich hold the first Oktoberfest.
Author: Staff
11 October 1972
A race riot occurs on the United States Navy aircraft carrier Kitty Hawk off the coast of Vietnam.
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The Phantom of the Opera, eventually the second longest running musical in London, opens at Her Majesty’s Theatre.
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The 1958 Pakistani coup d’état inaugurates a prolonged period of military rule.
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In England the Great fire of Newcastle and Gateshead leads to 53 deaths and hundreds injured.