Four men from the Palestine Liberation Front hijack the MS Achille Lauro off the coast of Egypt. The hijacking of the MS Achille Lauro was…
6 October 1600
Euridice, the earliest surviving opera, receives its première performance, beginning the Baroque period. “Euridice” is the earliest surviving operas in the history of Western music….
5 October 1962
The first of the James Bond film series, based on the novels by Ian Fleming, Dr. No, is released in Britain “Dr. No” was the…
12 October 2019
Eliud Kipchoge from Kenya becomes the first person to run a marathon in less than two hours with a time of 1:59:40 in Vienna. Eliud…
3 October 1990
The German Democratic Republic is abolished and becomes part of the Federal Republic of Germany; the event is afterwards celebrated as German Unity Day German…
2 October 2018
The Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi is assassinated in the Saudi consulate in Istanbul, Turkey Jamal Khashoggi was a Saudi Arabian journalist and political commentator…
1 October 1887
Balochistan is conquered by the British Empire. Balochistan is a region located in South Asia, encompassing parts of southwestern Pakistan, southeastern Iran, and a smaller…
30 September 1968
The Boeing 747 is rolled out and shown to the public for the first time. The Boeing 747, often referred to as the “Jumbo Jet,”…
29 September 1864
The Battle of Chaffin’s Farm is fought in the American Civil War. The Battle of Chaffin’s Farm, also known as the Battle of New Market…
28 September 1994
The cruise ferry MS Estonia sinks in the Baltic Sea, killing 852 people The MS Estonia was a cruise ferry that tragically sank in the…