Japanese Prime Minister Hara Takashi is assassinated in Tokyo. Hara Takashi, also called Hara Kei, politician who was prime minister of Japan from 1918 to…
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3 November 1812
Napoleon’s army is defeated at the Battle of Vyazma. The Battle of Vyazma, occurred at the beginning of Napoleon’s retreat from Moscow. In this encounter,…
2 November 1889
North Dakota and South Dakota are admitted as the 39th and 40th USA states. The U.S. Congress created the Dakota Territory, which consisted of the…
1 November 1955
The Vietnam War starts. The Vietnam War, also known as the Second Indochina War, and known in Vietnam as the Resistance War Against America or…
31 October 1922
Benito Mussolini is made Prime Minister of Italy. Benito Amilcare Andrea Mussolini was an Italian politician, journalist and leader of the National Fascist Party ruling…
30 October 1485
King Henry VII of England is crowned. On this day in 1485, the founder of the Tudor dynasty, Henry Tudor, was crowned King Henry VII…
29 October 1591
Pope Innocent IX is elected. Pope Innocent IX born Giovanni Antonio Facchinetti,was Pope from 29 October to 30 December 1591. Prior to his short papacy,…
28 October 2009
A bombing in Peshawar kills 117 and wounds 213. Militants in Pakistan and Afghanistan punctuated Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton’s arrival here with deadly…
27 October 1971
The Democratic Republic of the Congo is renamed Zaire. The Republic of Zaire was the name for the Democratic Republic of the Congo that existed…
26 October 1921
The Chicago Theatre opens. The Chicago Theatre, originally known as the Balaban and Katz Chicago Theatre, is a landmark theater located on North State Street…