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1. 21st October 1096: Battle of Civetot destroys the People’s Crusade at the start of the First Crusade

   Gepubliceerd: 21-10-2024
2. 20th October 1818: Treaty of 1818 establishes the 49th parallel as the border between the United States and British North America

   Gepubliceerd: 20-10-2024
3. 19th October 1864: Confederate soldiers rob three banks in the St. Albans Raid in the northernmost land action of the American Civil War

   Gepubliceerd: 19-10-2024
4. 18th October 1963: Félicette becomes the first cat in space when she is launched as part of a French mission

   Gepubliceerd: 18-10-2024
5. 17th October 1933: Einstein moves to the USA after Hitler becomes Chancellor of Germany

   Gepubliceerd: 17-10-2024
6. 16th October 1793: Marie Antoinette executed by guillotine in the Place de la Revolution in Paris

   Gepubliceerd: 16-10-2024
7. 15th October 1783: Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier conducts the first manned hot air balloon flight

   Gepubliceerd: 15-10-2024
8. 14th October 1066: The Battle of Hastings fought between Duke William II of Normandy and the Anglo-Saxon king Harold Godwinson

   Gepubliceerd: 14-10-2024
9. 13th October 1792: Cornerstone of the White House laid in Washington, D.C.

   Gepubliceerd: 13-10-2024
10. 12th October 1931: The Christ the Redeemer statue officially opened in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

    Gepubliceerd: 12-10-2024
11. 11th October 1975: Saturday Night Live is broadcast for the first time

    Gepubliceerd: 11-10-2024
12. 10th October 1903: Foundation of Women’s Social & Political Union, known as the Suffragettes

    Gepubliceerd: 10-10-2024
13. 9th October 1410: The Prague Astronomical Clock first noted in a medieval document

    Gepubliceerd: 9-10-2024
14. 8th October 1912: First Balkan War begins when the Kingdom of Montenegro declares war on the Ottoman Empire

    Gepubliceerd: 8-10-2024
15. 7th October 1913: Ford Motor Company introduces the world’s first moving assembly line at its Highland Park plant in Michigan

    Gepubliceerd: 7-10-2024
16. 6th October 1981: Egyptian President Anwar Sadat assassinated by terrorists

    Gepubliceerd: 6-10-2024
17. 5th October 1789: The October Days begin when a crowd of Parisian women march to the Palace of Versailles to demand food

    Gepubliceerd: 5-10-2024
18. 4th October 1535: Myles Coverdale finishes printing the first complete English translation of the Bible

    Gepubliceerd: 4-10-2024
19. 3rd October 1935: Italian forces invade Ethiopia, triggering the Second Italo-Ethiopian War

    Gepubliceerd: 3-10-2024
20. 2nd October 1187: Saladin captures Jerusalem from the Crusaders after a lengthy siege

    Gepubliceerd: 2-10-2024