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| Blurb | Reason |
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| Day of Restoration of Independence in Azerbaijan (1991), | Unclear when this is celebrated |
| 1009 – Under orders from the Fatimid caliph Al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah, the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, a Christian church now within the walled Old City of Jerusalem, was destroyed. | lots of CN tags |
| 1016 – Danish forces led by Canute the Great decisively defeated Edmund Ironside in the Battle of Assandun, gaining control over most of the Kingdom of England. | refimprove |
| 1386 – A special Pontifical High Mass in the Church of the Holy Spirit commemorated the opening of Heidelberg University, the oldest university in Germany. | refimprove section |
| 1540 – An expedition led by Spanish conquistador Hernando de Soto destroyed the fortified village of Mabila in what is now the U.S. state of Alabama, killing Chief Tuskaloosa in the process. | unreferenced section |
| 1561 – Sengoku period: The Fourth Battle of Kawanakajima (depicted), one of the most famous in Japanese history, was fought in present-day Nagano Prefecture. | Article doesn't specify when fourth battle took place. |
| 1851 – Moby-Dick, a novel by American writer Herman Melville, was first published as The Whale in London. | plot summary too long |
| 1922 – The British Broadcasting Company was incorporated by a consortium to establish a network of radio transmitters to provide a national broadcasting service in the United Kingdom. | needs footnotes, original research |
| 1929 – In the Persons Case, the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council decided that women were eligible to sit in the Senate of Canada. | Too much uncited |
| 1945 – Argentine military officer and politician Juan Perón married popular actress Eva Duarte, better known as Evita. | unreferenced sections |
| * 1954 – The first commercial transistor radio, the Regency TR-1, was introduced in Indianapolis, Indiana, U.S. | Too much unreferenced |
| 1977 – Various Red Army Faction members died in prison, officially by suicide, ending the German Autumn crisis. | needs more footnotes |
| 2004 – SPDC Chairman Senior General Than Shwe announced that Burmese Prime Minister Khin Nyunt was "permitted to retire on health grounds", but then had him arrested. | refimprove section |
| 2007 – A suicide attack on a motorcade carrying former Prime Minister of Pakistan Benazir Bhutto in Karachi caused at least 130 deaths and 450 injuries. | refimprove section |
| Feast day of Saint Luke (Christianity); | referncing issues |
Eligible
- 320 – Pappus of Alexandria, one of the last great Greek mathematicians of antiquity, observed an eclipse that allowed historians to calculate the approximate dates of his life.
- 1081 – Byzantine–Norman wars: Robert Guiscard led an invasion of the Byzantine Empire, capturing Dyrrhachium in present-day Albania.
- 1356 – The most significant earthquake to have occurred in Central Europe in recorded history destroyed Basel, Switzerland.
- 1587 – Filipino sailors disembarked from the Manila galleon Nuestra Señora de Buena Esperanza in what is now Morro Bay, California, the first documented instance of Asians in the Americas.
- 1775 – American Revolutionary War: In an act of retaliation against ports that supported Patriot activities in the early stages of the war, the Royal Navy destroyed what is now Portland, Maine.
- 1963 – The first cat in space, later known as Félicette, launched aboard a French Véronique rocket.
- 1967 – The Soviet space probe Venera 4 became the first spacecraft to perform direct in situ analysis of the environment of another planet (Venus).
- 1993 – Nihilism, the first professional runway show from the British designer Alexander McQueen, was staged in London.
- 2019 – Protests in Santiago that started 11 days prior escalated into open battle against the Chilean national police, forcing President Sebastián Piñera to declare a state of emergency.
- Born/died this day: | Lady Mary Wroth |b|1587| Isaac Jogues |d|1646| Jacob Jordaens |d|1678| Baldassare Galuppi |b|1706| Sarah Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough |d|1744| Lucy Stone |d|1893| Christine Murrell |bd|1874; 1933|Jesse Helms |b|1921| Freida Pinto |b|1984
Notes
- 1968 Olympics Black Power salute appears on October 16, so Bob Beamon should not appear in the same year.
Bob Beamon
- 1565 – The first recorded naval battle between Europeans and the Japanese occurred when a flotilla of samurai attacked two Portuguese trade vessels at the Battle of Fukuda Bay in Nagasaki.
- 1748 – The War of the Austrian Succession ended with the signing of the Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle.
- 1873 – Renton defeated Kilmarnock 2–0 in the opening match of the inaugural Scottish Cup.
- 1968 – At the Summer Olympics in Mexico City, American athlete Bob Beamon (pictured) achieved a distance of 8.90 m (29.2 ft) in the long jump event, setting a world record that stood for 23 years.
- John FitzWalter, 2nd Baron FitzWalter (d. 1361)
- Mehmet Esat Bülkat (b. 1862)
- Maria Antonescu (d. 1964)
- Bess Truman (d. 1982)
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