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…
25 October 1828
The St Katharine Docks open in London. In 1805 the London dock was opened at Wapping, to ships from the Mediterranean, North Africa and the…
24 October 1648
The Peace of Westphalia is signed, marking the end of the Thirty Years’ War. The Westphalia area of north-western Germany gave its name to the…
23 October 1707
The first Parliament of Great Britain meets. The first Parliament of the Kingdom of Great Britain was established in 1707, after the merger of the…