Category: Today In History

TODAY IN HISTORY October 10 Alberto Giacometti 680 – Muhammad’s grandson Husayn ibn Ali is decapitated by Caliph Yazid I’s troops. 1760 – In a treaty with the Dutch colonial authorities, the Ndyuka people of Suriname – descended from escaped slaves – gain territorial autonomy. 1780 – The Great Hurricane of 1780 kills 20,000-30,000 in...

TODAY IN HISTORY October 8 London’s Mayor Sadiq Kahn 314 – Constantine I defeats Roman Emperor Licinius, who loses his European territories. 1829 – Stephenson’s Rocket wins the Rainhill Trials. 1862 – American Civil War: The Confederate invasion of Kentucky is halted at the Battle of Perryville. 1871 – The Great Chicago Fire and the...

TODAY IN HISTORY October 7 Russian President Vladimir Putin sunbathes during his vacation in the remote Tuva region in southern Siberia. 3761 BC – The epoch reference date epoch (origin) of the modern Hebrew calendar. 1691 – The charter for the Province of Massachusetts Bay is issued. 1763 – King George III issues the Royal...

DAY IN HISTORY October 1 Photo postcard of rubble of the Los Angeles Times Building after the 1910 bombing. 331 BC – Alexander the Great defeats Darius III of Persia in the Battle of Gaugamela. 1588 – Coronation of Shah Abbas I of Persia. 1791 – First session of the French Legislative Assembly. 1814 –...

DAY IN HISTORY September 30  Germans watching supply planes at Tempelhof. 1399 – Henry IV is proclaimed King of England. 1791 – The first performance of The Magic Flute, the last opera by Mozart to make its debut, took place at Freihaus-Theater auf der Wieden in Vienna. 1882 – Thomas Edison’s first commercial hydroelectric power...