U.S. President Woodrow Wilson triggers the explosion of the Gamboa Dike, completing major construction on the Panama Canal. The Panama Canal is a man-made waterway…
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9 October 1701
The Collegiate School of Connecticut (later renamed Yale University) is chartered in Old Saybrook. The Collegiate School of Connecticut was the original name of Yale…
8 October 1829
Stephenson’s Rocket wins the Rainhill Trials. Stephenson’s Rocket was one of the most famous early steam locomotives, designed by George Stephenson and his son Robert…
7 October 1950
Mother Teresa establishes the Missionaries of Charity. Mother Teresa (born Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu on August 26, 1910, in Skopje, then part of the Ottoman Empire)…
6 October 1849
The execution of the 13 Martyrs of Arad after the Hungarian war of independence. The Hungarian Revolution of 1848 was part of a series of…
5 October 1962
The first of the James Bond film series, based on the novels by Ian Fleming, Dr. No, is released in Britain. James Bond is a…
4 October 2006
WikiLeaks is launched. WikiLeaks is a non-profit organization that publishes classified, censored, or otherwise restricted material from anonymous sources. It was founded in 2006 by…
3 October 52 BC
Gallic Wars: Vercingetorix, leader of the Gauls, surrenders to the Romans under Julius Caesar, ending the siege and battle of Alesia. The Gallic Wars (58–50…
2 October 1928
The “Prelature of the Holy Cross and the Work of God”, commonly known as Opus Dei, is founded.. Opus Dei is a personal prelature of…
1 October 1861
Mrs Beeton’s Book of Household Management is published, going on to sell 60,000 copies in its first year and remaining in print until the present…