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First Indo-Pak war, Cuban missile crisis and more: Here are key events that took place on Oct 22

1923 – Failed Royalist coup in Greece. (Image & text: Reuters)
1947 – The first Indo-Pak war begins after Pakistan backed intruders enter Kashmir. (Image: AP)
1962 – US President John Kennedy announced that a Soviet missile base was being built in Cuba and ordered a naval blockade of ships carrying equipment there. (Text: Reuters)
1962 – Nelson Mandela pleaded not guilty at the start of his treason trial in South Africa. (Image: AP| text: Reuters)
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1964 – French writer Jean-Paul Sartre rejected the Nobel Prize for Literature, saying it would reduce the impact of his writing. (Image: AP| text: Reuters)
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2004 – Russia’s Duma ratified the Kyoto Protocol, clearing the way for the long-delayed climate change pact to come into force worldwide. (Image: Wikimedia Commons| text: Reuters)

 

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Bose announcing ‘Azad Hind’ govt, Chechnya rocket attack and more: A look at key events that took place on Oct 21

1943 – Subhas Chandra Bose announced the establishment of the Provisional Government of Free India popularly called Azad Hind. 
1945 – Women vote for the first time in France. (Image: AP| text: Reuters)
1967 – The Egyptian navy sank the Israeli destroyer Eilat off Sinai. (Image: PTI| text: Reuters)
1994 – The United States and North Korea signed a landmark deal under which North Korea would freeze and then dismantle its nuclear programme. (Image: Reuters)
1999 – More than 110 people were killed and about 400 injured in a rocket attack on a crowded market in Grozny, capital of the restive Russian region of Chechnya. (Image: AP| text: Reuters)
2005 – Shirley Horn, the American Grammy-winning jazz vocalist and pianist known for her intimate, whispery vocals and virtuoso piano playing, died aged 71.  (Image: Shutterstock| text: Reuters)

 

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Recapture of Belgrade, death of Gaddafi and more: A look at key events that took place on Oct 20

1944 – In World War Two, Russian and Yugoslav forces captured Belgrade from German forces. (Image: AP| text: Reuters)
1964 – Herbert Hoover, who served as 31st president of the United States from 1929-33, died. (Text: Reuters)
1986 – Likud party leader Yitzhak Shamir took over as Israeli prime minister from Labour’s Shimon Peres under a 1984 power-sharing arrangement. (Image: AP| text: Reuters)
2002 – Iraq began to release political prisoners under an unprecedented amnesty issued by Saddam Hussein to inmates and exiles to mark his 100 percent win in an election. (Text: Reuters)
2011 – Ousted Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi killed in his hometown of Sirte. (Image & text: Reuters)

 

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Mother Teresa’s beatification, Saddam Hussein’s trial and more: A look at key events that took place on October 19

1912 – Tripoli ceases to be under Turkish control after peace reached between Italy and Turkey. (Image & text: Reuters)
1935 – The League of Nations imposed sanctions against Italy following its invasion of Ethiopia. (Image: AP | text: Reuters)
1987 – Wall Street stocks plunged a record 508 points or 22.6 percent on “Black Monday”. (Text: Reuters)
2003 – Pope John Paul beatified Mother Teresa before a crowd of 300,000, calling her an icon of charity. (Image: AP | text: Reuters)
2004 – Khin Nyunt was sacked as prime minister of military-ruled Myanmar amid allegations of corruption and placed under house arrest. (Image: AP | text: Reuters)
2005 – Ousted Iraqi President Saddam Hussein went on trial on charges of crimes against humanity. (Text: Reuters)

 

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Ambedkar’s conversion, attempt on Roosevelt’s life and more: A look at key events that took place on Oct 14

1912 – US President Theodore Roosevelt was shot by a would-be assassin in Milwaukee. He was saved by his thick coat and a bundle of paper in his breast pocket. (Text: Reuters)
India celebrates November 26 as its Constitution Day (National Law Day) to commemorate the adoption of the Constitution of India on November 26, 1949. The Indian government declared November 26 as Constitution Day in 2015 on the 125th birth anniversary of Dr. BR Ambedkar, who had chaired the drafting committee of the Constituent Assembly and played a pivotal role in the drafting of the constitution.
1956 – Dr BR Ambedkar converts to Buddhism along with nearly four lakh followers.
1964 – US civil rights leader Martin Luther King was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. (Image & text: Reuters)
2001 – Two days of anti-American riots in the northern Nigerian city of Kano ended. At least 200 people died in the riots, in which churches, mosques and shops were set on fire. (Text: Reuters)
2002 – Britain suspended Northern Ireland’s power-sharing government after a spying row threw the fledgling peace process into its worst political crisis since 1998’s peace accord. (Image: AP| text: Reuters)
2005 – English actor Daniel Craig was named as the new movie James Bond, ending months of speculation over who would take over from Pierce Brosnan. (Image & text: Reuters)
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2017 – Car bomb kills hundreds in Mogadishu, Somalia. (Image & text: Reuters)

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Re-opening of Kremlin cathedral, stampede in Ratangarh Mata temple and more: A look at key events that took place on Oct 13

An almost empty Red Square, with St. Basil's Cathedral the Spasskaya Tower, right, and a security fence after a light rain at 18:00 on Friday, April 24, 2020 in Moscow, Russia. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)
1943 – Italy declared war on its former Axis partner Germany in World War Two. (Image: AP| text: Reuters)
1990 – St Basil’s Russian Orthodox cathedral next to the Kremlin in Moscow hosted its first service for more than 70 years. (Image: AP| text: Reuters)
2006 – China’s former first lady Wang Guangmei, persecuted during the chaotic 1966-76 Cultural Revolution with her husband, President Liu Shaoqi, died aged 85. (Image: AP| text: Reuters)
2008 – US economist Paul Krugman, a well-known critic of the Bush administration for policies that he argues led to the current financial crisis, won the 2008 Nobel prize for economics. (Image & text: Reuters)
2013 – A stampede that occurred near the Ratangarh Mata Temple in Madhya leads to the death of 115 devotees and injure more than a hundred people. (Image: AP)
2016 – The Maldives announces the decision to withdraw from Commonwealth. (Text: Reuters)

 

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Military coup in Pakistan, Bali bombings and more: A look at key events that took place on Oct 12

1986 – A summit conference between US President Ronald Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev ended in Reykjavik without an agreement on arms control. (Text: Reuters)
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1999 – Pakistan’s army chief, General Pervez Musharraf, seized power in a bloodless coup after Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif tried to sack him. (Text: Reuters)
2000 – A rubber raft loaded with explosives rammed the US destroyer Cole in the port of Aden, killing 17 U.S. sailors. (Image & text: Reuters)
2002 – 202 people were killed when bombs exploded in the Kuta Beach nightclub district of Bali. (Image: AP| text: Reuters)
2007 – Former US vice president Al Gore and the UN Panel on Climate Change won the Nobel Peace Prize for helping to galvanise international action against global warming. (Image: AP| text: Reuters)
2017 – United States decides to leave UNESCO. (Text: Reuters)

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Today in history: Arnold Schwarzenegger’s rise in politics, Mother Teresa starts ‘Missionaries of Charity’ and more

1940 – In World War Two, German troops invaded Romania to take control of strategic oilfields. (Image: AP| text: Reuters)
1950- Mother Teresa founded the Missionaries of Charity in Kolkata. (Image: AP)
1959 – The far side of the moon was photographed for the first time by the Soviet Union’s Luna 3 spacecraft. (Image & text: Reuters)
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1981 – Hosni Mubarak became acting president of Egypt following the assassination of Anwar Sadat on October 6. (Image: AP| text: Reuters)
2003 – Austrian-born Hollywood actor Arnold Schwarzenegger became governor of California in a recall election that saw voters throw out Democratic Gov. Gray Davis. (Image: AP| text: Reuters)
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2005 – The International Atomic Energy Agency and its head Egyptian-born Mohamed ElBaradei won the Nobel Peace Prize for fighting the spread of nuclear weapons. (Image: AP| text: Reuters)
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Instagram launch, Khomeini’s rise and more: Key events that took place on Oct 6

In this Monday, Jan. 27, 2020 photo, security officials wearing face masks stand as a flock of pigeons fly past closed gates at the entrance to the Forbidden City, normally crowded with tourists during the Lunar New Year holiday, in Beijing. Fears of a virus outbreak have kept many indoors and at home in China's capital. Cultural landmarks such as the Great Wall and Forbidden City have closed their doors to visitors, nearly deserted shopping malls have reduced their operating hours, and restaurants that remain open draw just a handful of customers. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
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1908 – Bosnia and Herzegovina were annexed by Austria. (Image: Wikimedia Commons| text: Reuters)
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1928 – Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek became President of the Republic of China. (Image: AP| text: Reuters)
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1978 – Ayatollah Khomeini, Iranian religious leader opposed to the Shah, was granted asylum in France after being expelled from Iraq. (Image: AP| text: Reuters)
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1991 – Actress Elizabeth Taylor married her eighth husband, builder Larry Fortensky. (Text: Reuters)
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2010 – Photo-sharing app Instagram is launched. (Image: Shutterstock| text: Reuters)
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Launch of Sputnik, Nepal crisis and more: Key events that took place on Oct 4

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1957 – The Soviet Union became the first nation in space, launching the Sputnik-I satellite into orbit 500 miles above the Earth. 1958 – The first transoceanic passenger jet service was inaugurated between New York and London by the British Overseas Airways Corporation. (Representative Image | text: Reuters)
1993 – Russian President Boris Yeltsin crushed a hardline communist rebellion. (Image: AP| text: Reuters)
2002 – Nepal’s King Gyanendra dismissed prime minister Sher Bahadur Deuba and took over the government. (Image: AP| text: Reuters)
2003 – A Palestinian suicide bomber killed 23 people in a popular restaurant in the northern Israeli city of Haifa. (Image & text: Reuters)
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2004 – US scientists Frank Wilczek, David Gross and David Politzer won the Nobel physics prize for explaining how the basic building blocks of nature, quarks, interact. (Image: AP| text: Reuters)
2005 – Turkey opened membership negotiations with the European Union, 42 years after first being given the prospect of membership in the wealthy bloc. (Image: AP| text: Reuters)