The Boston Red Sox defeat the St. Louis Cardinals to win their first World Series in 86 years. [rdp-wiki-embed url=’https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2004_World_Series’]
26 October 1863
The Football Association is founded. [rdp-wiki-embed url=’https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Football_Association’]
25 October 2009
The October 2009 Baghdad bombings kill 155 and wounds at least 721. [rdp-wiki-embed url=’https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/October_2009_Baghdad_bombings’]
24 October 1929
“Black Thursday” on the New York Stock Exchange. [rdp-wiki-embed url=’https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wall_Street_Crash_of_1929′]
23 October 1998
Israel and the Palestinian Authority sign the Wye River Memorandum. [rdp-wiki-embed url=’https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wye_River_Memorandum’]
22 October 2013
The Australian Capital Territory becomes the first Australian jurisdiction to legalize same-sex marriage with the Marriage Equality (Same Sex) Act 2013 [rdp-wiki-embed url=’https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marriage_Equality_(Same_Sex)_Act_2013′]
21 October 1956
The Mau Mau Uprising in Kenya is defeated. [rdp-wiki-embed url=’https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mau_Mau_Uprising’]
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’]