Today in History: October 16

The Million Man March gather on Capitol Hill and the Mall in Washington (AP Photo-Mark Wilson)

Today in History: October 16: In 1962 the Cuban Missile Crisis began; In 1793 Marie Antoinette, the queen of France, was beheaded; In 1859, radical abolitionist John Brown led a raid on the U.S. arsenal at Harpers Ferry; In 1934, Chinese Communists, under siege by the Nationalists, began their “long march”; In 1964, China set off its first atomic bomb; In 1978, John Paul II was elected Pope; In 1995, the Million Man March was held in Washington D.C.

Today in History: October 15

Tarana Burke, a founder and leader of the #MeToo movement, and Actress Alyssa Milano (AP Photo-Carolyn Kaster)

Today in History: October 15: In 2017, actress and activist Alyssa Milano sent a tweet that ignited the “Me Too” movement; In 1945, the former premier of Vichy France, Pierre Laval, was executed for treason; In 1815, Napoleon Bonaparte arrived on the island of St. Helena, where he remained in exile; In 1946, Nazi war criminal Hermann Goering fatally poisoned himself; In 1989, Wayne Gretzky of the Los Angeles Kings broke the all-time NHL scoring record; In 1991 the Senate narrowly confirmed the nomination of Clarence Thomas to the U.S. Supreme Court; In 1997, British Royal Air Force pilot Andy Green twice drove a jet-powered car in the Nevada desert faster than the speed of sound.

Today in History: October 14

Captain David Vincent congratulates retired Air Force Brigadier General Charles Yeager after flight breaking the sound barrier (AP Photo-Isaac Brekken)

Today in History: October 14: A day for Nobel Peace Prizes – awarded to Martin Luther King Jr. in 1964, and awarded to Elie Wiesel in 1986. Also on this date:In 1066, William the Conqueror defeated the English at the Battle of Hastings; In 1586, Mary, Queen of Scots, went on trial accused of treason against Queen Elizabeth I; In 1944, German Field Marshal Erwin Rommel took his own life in the face of accusations of conspiring against Hitler; In 1981, the new president of Egypt, Hosni Mubarak, was sworn in; 1947, U.S. Air Force Capt. Chuck Yeager became the first test pilot to break the sound barrier, and in 2012, he did it again in the backseat of an F-15.

Today in History: October 13

A drawing of the first White House designed by architect James Hoban (AP Photo)

Today in History: October 13; In 1792, the cornerstone of the executive mansion was laid by President George Washington; In 1932, President Herbert Hoover and Chief Justice Charles Evans Hughes laid the cornerstone for the U.S. Supreme Court building; In 1943, Italy declared war on Germany; In 2010, rescuers in Chile pulled 33 men to fresh air and freedom, 69 days after they were trapped in a collapsed mine; In 2016, Bob Dylan was named winner of the Nobel prize in literature.

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