This Week In History
Oct 6, 2018
Montserrat Caballé, Spanish opera singer, died aged 85. Barcelona ,her famous duet with Freddie Mercury, became the anthem of the 1992 Olympics
1789:
Marie antoinette of France told hungry women protesters that if they had no bread, they should eat cake
1927: The Jazz Singer, the first full-length movie with spoken dialogue, opened in New York
1949: Iva toguri d’aquino, who as “tokyo rose” broadcast Japanese propaganda to us forces during World War II, was jailed for treason
2004: The hallucinogenic drug LSD was declared illegal in the United States
Oct 7, 1949
The German Democratic Republic, commonly known as East Germany, with its capital in the Soviet sector of Berlin, was proclaimed 1959: the Soviet Lunik III relayed the first pictures of the far side of the moon
2004: King Norodom Sihanouk abdicated the throne of Cambodia due to ill health
2004:
Italian Prime Minister Silvio berlusconi visited Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi to open an oil pipeline between their two countries
2009: A vast new ring was identified around Saturn, 50 times more distant than the inner rings
Oct 8, 2015
Russia’s Kalibr-nk long-range cruise missile made its combat debut, reaching targets in Syria from Russian warships in the Caspian Sea 2004: the nobel Peace Prize was awarded to Kenyan environmentalist Wangari Maathai
2009: A study revealed that one in four people in the world, some 1.57 billion people, was Muslim
2010:
north Korea confirmed that Kim Jong-il’s youngest son, Kim Jong-un, would succeed his father
2014: The first person diagnosed in the US with Ebola died in Texas. He had recently returned from Liberia
Oct 9, 1759
The Eddystone Lighthouse, off England’s southwest coast, was completed. Modelled on the shape of an oak tree, it had a major influence on lighthouse design
1946: the first electric blanket went on sale in the united States
1969: Following anti-soviet protests Czechoslovakia closed its frontiers to tens of thousands of citizens bound for the West
1998:
russia appealed for international humanitarian aid as economic collapse was compounded by a bad harvest
2009: New US President Barack Obama was an unexpected choice as the winner of the Nobel Peace Prize
Oct 10, 1999
London’s Millennium Wheel, at the time the world’s tallest Ferris wheel, was successfully raised into a vertical position on the south bank of the River Thames
1954: Ho chi Minh formally retook control of north Vietnam following the withdrawal of French troops
2009: Turkey and Armenia agreed to establish diplomatic ties for the first time, following a century of hostility 2009:
Poland signed the long-delayed Lisbon treaty, intended to streamline decision-making within the eu
2014: Pakistani schoolgirl Malala Yousafzai became the youngest ever recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize
Oct 11, 2004
An exhibition by 12 French Impressionist painters opened in Beijing, the first time China had shown such paintings on this scale. It attracted 300,000 visitors
1919: the first airline meals were served on a flight from London to Paris, costing three shillings
1939: Us-based scientists warned President Roosevelt that Germany could develop an atomic bomb
1976: china’s “Gang of Four”, including Jiang Qing, the widow of Mao Zedong, were arrested and charged with plotting a coup
1999: America’s famous gunmaker Colt stopped producing handguns
Oct 12, 2018
An ever-growing migrant caravan set out from Honduras with hopes of reaching the United States. By yearend, over 7,000 migrants were camped on the Mexico-us border 1984: an Ira bomb exploded at a hotel in brighton, england, during the annual conservative Party conference
1999: Pakistan’s prime minister Nawaz Sharif was ousted in a military coup headed by General Pervez Musharraf
2009:
a group of fossils found in china was confirmed as the biggest of its kind in the world
2014: President Evo Morales won a third consecutive term as President of Bolivia