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-* [[4004 BC]] - The universe is created. This is according to the 17th-century chronology of the history of the world formulated by [[James Ussher]] the Anglican Archbishop of Armagh. 
-* [[362]] - The temple of [[Apollo]] at Daphne, outside of [[Antioch]], is destroyed in a mysterious [[fire]]. 
-* [[794]] - Emperor Kanmu relocates Japanese capital to Heiankyo (now [[Kyoto]]). 
-*[[1383]] - The [[1383-1385 Crisis]] in [[Portugal]]: A period of [[civil war]] and disorder began when [[Fernando I of Portugal|King Fernando]] died without a male [[heir]] to the [[List of Portuguese monarchs|Portuguese throne]].  
-*[[1575]] - Foundation of [[Aguascalientes (Aguascalientes)|Aguascalientes]]. 
-*[[1692]] - Last hanging for witchcraft in the [[United States]]. 
-*[[1746]] - The College of New Jersey (later renamed [[Princeton University]]) receives its charter.  
-*[[1784]] - [[Russian Empire|Russia]] founds a colony on [[Kodiak Island]], [[Alaska]]. 
-*[[1797]] - One thousand meters (3,200 feet) above [[Paris]], [[André-Jacques Garnerin]] makes the first recorded [[parachute]] jump.  
-*[[1836]] - [[Sam Houston]] is inaugurated as the first President of the [[Republic of Texas]].  
-*[[1844]] - The Great Anticipation: Millerites, followers of [[William Miller (preacher)|William Miller]], anticipated the end of the world in conjunction with the Second Advent of Christ. The following day became known as the [[Great Disappointment]]. 
-*[[1866]] - [[Paraguay]]: [[Battle of Curupaity|Battle of Curupaytí]] against Brazil, Argentina and Uruguay. 
-*[[1867]] - Foundation of the [[National University of Colombia]]. 
-*[[1875]] - First [[telegraph]]ic connection in [[Argentina]]. 
-*[[1877]] - The [[Blantyre mining disaster]] in [[Scotland]] kills 207 miners. Those widows and orphans who were unable to support themselves were evicted by the mine owners and likely sent to the Poor House.  
-*[[1878]] - The first [[rugby football|rugby]] match under floodlights takes place in [[Salford]], between Broughton and [[Swinton RLFC|Swinton]]. 
-*[[1883]] - The [[Metropolitan Opera House]] in [[New York City]] opens with a performance of [[Charles Gounod|Gounod's]] ''[[Faust (opera)]]''. 
-*[[1895]] - In [[Paris]] an express train overruns a [[buffer stop]] and crosses more than 30 metres of concourse before plummeting through a window at [[Gare Montparnasse]]. 
-*[[1907]] - [[Panic of 1907]]: A run on [[Knickerbocker Trust Company]] stock sets events in motion that will lead to a [[depression (economics)|depression]]. 
-*[[1910]] - [[Hawley Harvey Crippen|Dr. Crippen]] is convicted at the [[Old Bailey]] of poisoning his wife and was subsequently hanged at [[Pentonville (HM Prison)|Pentonville]] Prison in [[London]]. 
-*[[1924]] - [[Toastmasters International]] is founded. 
-*[[1926]] - [[J. Gordon Whitehead]] sucker punches magician [[Harry Houdini]] in the stomach in Montreal. 
-*[[1934]] - In [[East Liverpool, Ohio]], notorious [[bank robbery|bank robber]] [[Pretty Boy Floyd]] is shot and killed by [[Federal Bureau of Investigation]] agents.  
-[[Image:Sixday.jpg|thumb|October 22 page from a 1935 [[Soviet revolutionary calendar]] with six-day weeks.]] 
-*[[1935]] - Establishment of the rank of [[Marshal of the Soviet Union]]. 
-*[[1943]] - [[World War II]]: [[Bombing of Kassel in World War II|Kassel]]: [[Royal Air Force|RAF]] conducts an air raid on the city of 236,000 people, killing 10,000, rendering 150,000 homeless. Second [[firestorm]] raid in Germany 
-*[[1946]] - Forty four British sailors die when two British warships hit mines off the coast of [[Albania]]. 
-*[[1949]] - [[Soviet Union]] detonates its first [[nuclear bomb]]. 
-*[[1953]] - [[Laos]] gains independence from [[France]].  
-*[[1956]] - A concrete [[girder]] weighing 200 [[ton]]s kills 48 in [[Karachi]], [[Pakistan]]. 
-*[[1957]] - [[Vietnam War]]: First [[United States]] casualties in [[Vietnam]].  
-*[[1960]] - Independence of [[Mali]] from [[France]]. 
-*[[1962]] - [[Cuban Missile Crisis]]: US President [[John F. Kennedy]] announces that American spy planes have discovered Soviet [[nuclear weapon]]s in [[Cuba]], and that he has ordered a naval "quarantine" of the island nation.  
*[[1964]] - [[Jean-Paul Sartre]] is awarded the [[Nobel Prize for Literature]], but turns down the honour. *[[1964]] - [[Jean-Paul Sartre]] is awarded the [[Nobel Prize for Literature]], but turns down the honour.
* 1964 - [[Canada]]: A Multi-Party Parliamentary Committee selects the design which becomes the new official [[Flag of Canada]]. * 1964 - [[Canada]]: A Multi-Party Parliamentary Committee selects the design which becomes the new official [[Flag of Canada]].

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