TODAY IN HISTORY
• World Menopause Day • 2015 - Nigeria
The Presidency and the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, engaged in war of words over Pres. Muhammadu Buhari’s anti-corruption crusade after the grilling of former Akwa Ibom State governor and Senate Minority Leader, Senator Godswill Akpabio by Economic and Financial Crimes Commission.
• 2014 - Nigeria
Boko Haram attacked Dzur village leaving eight persons dead. The insurgents also abducted 80 girls and women in Adamawa State. Older women in the group were released the following day
• 2012 - Ireland
The first abortion clinic in Ireland opened in Belfast, sparking protests by conservatives from both the Catholic and Protestant sides of Northern Ireland.
• 2013 - Nigeria
King Emere Godwin Bebe Okpabi filed a lawsuit in a U.S. court, seeking $1 billion from Royal Dutch Shell to compensate for decades of pollution that sickened the people of Ogale in Eleme local council of Rivers State.
• 2011 - Liberia
Ex-warlord Prince Johnson, who came third in the presidential polls, announced he would back Nobel peace laureate and incumbent President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf in a run-off election against George Weah.
• 2008 - Zimbabwe
Opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai characterized failed talks to form a unity government with President Robert Mugabe as "a monologue" saying the veteran ruler refused to compromise on the allocation of key ministries.
• 2007-South Africa
South African reggae star Lucky Dube (43) was shot in an apparent carjacking attempt in Johannesburg's Rosettenville suburb. He died as he tried to drive away and crashed into a car and a tree. On Oct 21 police arrested five men in the killing.
• 2007 - Pakistan
Benazir Bhutto made a dramatic return to Pakistan, ending eight years of exile to reclaim a share of power with the country's Us-backed military leader.there was a suicide attack on her motorcade, which killed 139 and wounded 450 more.
• 1942 - Germany
Hitler ordered all Allied commandos encountered in Europe and Africa to be killed without trial.