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HandyAndy
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28 Sep '17 13:33
On this date in 1066 William the Conqueror invaded England to claim the English throne.
Very Rusty
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28 Sep '17 16:47
On September 28, 1918, in an incident that would go down in the lore of World War I history—although the details of the event are still unclear—Private Henry Tandey, a British soldier serving near the French village of Marcoing, reportedly encounters a wounded German soldier and declines to shoot him, sparing the life of 29-year-old Lance Corporal Adolf Hitler.
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04 Oct '17 06:28
On this day 4th October 1582
Tomorrow is 15th October.
(At least in Italy, Portugal & Spain)
sonhouse
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04 Oct '17 22:125 edits
Originally posted by @wolfgang59
On this day 4th October 1582
Tomorrow is 15th October.
(At least in Italy, Portugal & Spain)
On this day, October 4th, 1957, the space age starts. Sputnik launched. A few months later the US launches Explorer 1. Sputnik 2 launched, then Vanguard 1 Khrushchev called it 'grapefruitnik'. 60 years ago today. Next one from US,
In 1960 US lauches 'Echo' a 30 meter mylar balloon used for passive reflector to allow communications across the US. It stayed in orbit till 1968. I saw it once, in 1961.
Look at the latest list now, over 70 countries have sats in orbit:\

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_first_artificial_satellites_by_country
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05 Oct '17 11:491 edit
Originally posted by @sonhouse
On this day, October 4th, 1957, the space age starts. Sputnik launched. A few months later the US launches Explorer 1. Sputnik 2 launched, then Vanguard 1 Khrushchev called it 'grapefruitnik'. 60 years ago today. Next one from US,
In 1960 US lauches 'Echo' a 30 meter mylar balloon used for passive reflector to allow communications across the US. It stay ...[text shortened]... s in orbit:\

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_first_artificial_satellites_by_country
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05 Oct '17 11:49
Today it was announced that the Japanese-British author Kazuo Ishiguro will receive the Nobel Prize in Literature this year. Good news!
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06 Oct '17 00:43
Originally posted by @torunn
Today it was announced that the Japanese-British author Kazuo Ishiguro will receive the Nobel Prize in Literature this year. Good news!
Not for Ngugi Wa Thiong’o or Laszlo Krasznahorkai
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06 Oct '17 06:52
Originally posted by @wolfgang59
Not for Ngugi Wa Thiong’o or Laszlo Krasznahorkai
I should have said "...good news to me". His "The Remains of the Day" gave me an unforgettable reading experience.
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06 Oct '17 09:46
On October 06, 1981, Anwar Sadat received his just rewards for attempting to bring peace to the Middle East three years before at the Camp David Accord.
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08 Oct '17 02:46
8th Oct. 1918
Corporal Alvin C. York kills 28 German soldiers and captures 132,!
(He got the Medal of Honor ... is that higher than a Purple Heart?).
HandyAndy
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09 Oct '17 16:38
On October 9, 1967, revolutionary guerrilla leader Che Guevara, 39, was executed by the Bolivian army a day after his capture.
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19 Oct '17 04:14
100 years ago.
19th October 1917

London is bombed by Zeppelin raid.

7 300lb bombs are dropped on London.
28 dead.
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24 Oct '17 00:56
70 years ago

Walt Disney shops employees he believes to be communists
to the House Un-American Activities Committee. Among them
are D. Duck his wife and children.
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25 Oct '17 05:08
10 years ago the A380 began its regular service.
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26 Oct '17 02:41
100 years ago today

26th October 1916

Brazil declares war on Germany!
(The Samba is banned in Berlin)

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