The Mau Mau Uprising in Kenya is defeated. [rdp-wiki-embed url=’https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mau_Mau_Uprising’]
Author: Staff
20 October 1973
The Sydney Opera House is opened by Elizabeth II after 14 years of construction. [rdp-wiki-embed url=’https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sydney_Opera_House’]
19 October 1987
Black Monday: The Dow Jones Industrial Average falls by 22%, 508 points. [rdp-wiki-embed url=’https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Monday_(1987)’]
18 October 2007
A suicide attack on a motorcade carrying former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto kills 139 and wounds 450 more. Bhutto herself was uninjured. [rdp-wiki-embed url=’https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2007_Karsaz_bombing’]
17 October 1994
Russian journalist Dmitry Kholodov is assassinated while investigating corruption in the armed forces. [rdp-wiki-embed url=’https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dmitry_Kholodov’]
16 October 1984
Desmond Tutu is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. [rdp-wiki-embed url=’https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desmond_Tutu’]
15 October 1966
The Black Panther Party is founded. [rdp-wiki-embed url=’https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Panther_Party’]
14 October 1982
U.S. President Ronald Reagan proclaims a War on Drugs. [rdp-wiki-embed url=’https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_on_drugs’]
13 October 1972
Aeroflot Flight 217 crashes outside Moscow, killing 174. [rdp-wiki-embed url=’https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aeroflot_Flight_217′]
12 October 1810
The citizens of Munich hold the first Oktoberfest. [rdp-wiki-embed url=’https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oktoberfest’]