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On This Day in History ~ October ~ octobre ~ ottobre ~ október
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1968 |
Jacqueline Kennedy married Aristotle Onassis | |
1922 |
Lt Harold Harris became the first person to escape death by using a parachute | ||
1827 |
The Battle of Navarino, the last naval fleet engagement to be fought entirely under sail | ||
| 1818 | The 49th parallel between Canada and the USA was establishedl | ||
Oct21 |
1966 |
A coal tip slid onto the Welsh mining village of Aberfan killing 116 children and 28 adults | |
1960 |
Britain's first nuclear submarine, HMS Dreadnought, was launched | ||
1932 |
The Rector of Stiffkey in Norfolk, Harold Davidson, was defrocked after being found guilty of disreputable association with women |
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1805 |
Lord Horatio Nelson died at the Battle of Trafalgar | ||
Oct22 |
1797 |
Andre-Jacques Garnerin made the first parachute descent from a balloon over the Parc Manceau in Paris | |
Oct23 |
1987 |
The former jockey Lester Piggott was found guilty of tax fraud and sentenced to 3 years imprisonment | |
1972 |
The ceramics designer Clarice Cliff died | ||
1911 |
The first Model T Ford motor car to be made outside the USA came of the production line in Manchester |
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| 1642 | The Battle of Edgehill, the first major engagement of the English Civil War | ||
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