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Tuesday, October 10, 2017

Today is History

19
Germanicus, the best loved of Roman princes, dies of poisoning. On his deathbed he accuses Piso, the governor of Syria, of poisoning him.
732
At Tours, France, Charles Martel kills Abd al-Rahman and halts the Muslim invasion of Europe.
1733
France declares war on Austria over the question of Polish succession.
1789
In Versailles France, Joseph Guillotin says the most humane way of carrying out a death sentence is decapitation by a single blow of a blade.
1794
Russian General Alexander Vasilyevich Suvorov crushes the rebel Polish army at Maciejowice, Poland.
1845
The U.S. Naval Academy is founded at Annapolis, Md.
1863
The first telegraph line to Denver is completed.
1877
Lt. Col. George Armstrong Custer is buried at West Point in New York.
1911
The revolution in China begins with a bomb explosion and the discovery of the revolutionary headquarters in Hankow. The revolutionary movement spreads rapidly through western and southern China, forcing the abdication of the last Ch’ing emperor, six-year-old Henry Pu-Yi. By October 26, the Chinese Republic will be proclaimed, and on December 4, Premier Yuan Shih-K’ai will sign a truce with the rebel general Li Yuan-hung.
1911
The Panama Canal opens.
1933
At Rio de Janeiro, nations of the Western Hemisphere sign a non-aggression and conciliation treaty. President Roosevelt adopts a “good neighbor” policy toward Latin America and announces a policy of nonintervention in Latin American affairs at the December 7th International American Conference at Montevideo, Uruguay.
1941
Soviet troops halt the German advance on Moscow.
1953
The Mutual Defense Treaty between the US and South Korea is signed.
1966
U.S. Forces launch Operation Robin, in Hoa Province south of Saigon in South Vietnam, to provide road security between villages.
1970
The Quebec Provincial Minister of Labour, Pierre Laporte, is kidnapped by terrorists.
1971
The London Bridge, built in 1831 and dismantled in 1967, reopens in Lake Havusu City, Arizona, after being sold to Robert P. McCulloch and moved to the United States.
1973
Spiro Agnew resigns the vice presidency amid accusations of income tax evasion. Nixon names Ford as the new vice president. Agnew is later convicted and sentenced to three years probation and fined $10,000.
1985
An Egyptian plane carrying hijackers of the Achille Lauro cruise ship is intercepted by US Navy F-14s and forced to land at a NATO base in Sicily.
2008
Orakzai bombing takes place in Afghanistan: members of the Taliban drive an explosive-laden truck into a meeting of 600 people discussing ways to rid their area of the Taliban; the bomb kills 110.

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