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On This Day in History ~ October ~ octobre ~ ottobre ~ október
Oct16
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1987 |
South-east England was battered by 110mph hurricane force winds |
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| 1984 |
Archbishop Desmond Tutu won the Nobel Peace Prize |
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| 1958 | Blue Peter, with presenters Leila Williams and Christopher Trace, was first shown on BBC tv | ||
| 1815 | Napoleon was exiled to St Helena | ||
Oct17 |
1931 |
Al Capone was convicted of tax evasion | |
Oct18 |
1767 |
The Mason-Dixon line between Maryland and Pennsylvania was finally settled | |
Oct19 |
1958 |
Mike Hawthorn became the first British Formula One Champion |
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| 1944 | Marlon Brando made his New York stage debut | ||
| 1812 | Napoleon's retreat from Moscow began | ||
| 1805 | Lord Nelson wrote his last letter to his mistress Lady Hamilton - it was unfinished and found upon his desk | ||
| 1781 | Lord Cornwallis surrendered to General Washington at Yorktown, Virginia ending fighting in the American War of Independence | ||
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