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Oct 18, 1912: The First Balkan War breaks out . . .

Oct 17, 1777: British Maj. Gen. John Burgoyne surrenders 5,000 men at Saratoga, N.Y.

Oct 17, 1781: Lt. General Charles Cornwallis surrenders at the Siege of Yorktown.

Oct 17, 1933: Albert Einstein arrives in America, after fleeing Germany.

Oct 15, 1917: Mata Hari, the archetype seductive female spy, is executed by a French firing squad.

Oct 16, 1940: Benjamin Oliver Davis Sr becomes the first African-American general in the US Army.

Oct 16, 1934: Mao Tse-tung sets out on the “Long March.”

Oct 16, 1793: Queen Marie Antoinette is beheaded by guillotine during the French Revolution.

Oct 15, 1928: German dirigible LZ 127 Graf Zeppelin arrives in US on it’s maiden commercial flight.

Oct 15, 1817: Thaddeus Kosciusko, Polish-born US Revolutionary war hero, dies.

Oct 15, 1951: The first episode of "I Love Lucy" is televised.

Oct 14, 1964: Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize . . .

Oct 14, 1066: William the Conqueror defeats King Harold, in the Battle of Hastings.

Oct 14, 1806: Napoleon Bonaparte crushes the Prussian army at Jena, Germany.

Oct 13, 1775: The US Navy is established.

Oct 13, 1943: Italy declares war on Germany, one month after surrendering to the Allies.

Oct 13, 1792: The cornerstone is laid for the “President’s Palace,” now known as the White House.

Oct 12, 1966: The Jimi Hendrix Experience is formed.

Oct 12, 1492: Christopher Columbus and his crew land in the Bahamas.

Oct 12, 1809: Meriwether Lewis, dies under mysterious circumstances, in Tennessee.

Oct 10, 1917: Jazz giant Thelonius Monk enters this world.

Oct 10, 1845: The U.S. Naval Academy is founded at Annapolis, MD.

Oct 10, 1789: Joseph Guillotin proposes a humane way of carrying out executions.

Oct 11, 1531: Protestant reformer Huldrych Zwingli of Zurich, is killed in battle against Catholics.

Oct 11, 1968: Apollo 7 is launched from Cape Kennedy.

Oct 11, 1727: George Augustus is crowned King George II of England.

Oct 9, 1934: King Alexander of Yugoslavia is assassinated by a Croatian terrorist.

Oct 9, 1967: Che Guevarra is captured and executed by the Bolivian Army.

Oct 9, 1888: The Washington Monument opens to the public.

Oct 8, 1918: Sgt. Alvin C. York is awarded the Medal of Honor.

Oct 8, 1862: Otto von Bismarck becomes Chancellor of the German Empire.

Oct 8, 1933: The Indian Air Force is established.

Oct 6, 1866: First US train robbery in America is committed.

Oct 6, 1847: "Jane Eyre," by Charlotte Bronte is published.

Oct 6, 1683: Germantown, Pennsylvania is founded.

Oct 7, 1954: Marian Anderson becomes the first black singer hired by the Metropolitan Opera.

Oct 7, 1959: Russia’s Luna 3 spacecraft takes the first photos of the far side of the moon.

Oct 7, 1826: The first US railroad begins operation, utilizing horse-drawn cars.

Oct 6, 1866: First US train robbery takes place . . .

Oct 6, 1683: Germantown, Pennsylvania founded.

Oct 6, 1847: "Jane Eyre," by Charlotte Bronte published.

Oct 5, 1877: Chief Joseph and the Nez Perce nation surrender to the U.S. Cavalry.

Oct 5, 1910: The Republic of Portugal is established.

Oct 5, 1990: Lech Wałęsa wins the Nobel Peace Prize.

Oct 4, 1582: The Gregorian calendar is introduced . . .

Oct 4, 1853: The Crimean War begins.

Oct 4, 1970: Janis Joplin joins the 27 Club.

Oct 3, 1929: Kingdom of Serbs, Croats, and Slovenes changes its name to Yugoslavia.

Oct 3, 1990: East and West Germany are reunited.

Oct 3, 1935: Benito Mussolini invades Ethiopia.

Oct 2, 1950: “Peanuts” comic strip is first published.

Oct 2, 1967: Thurgood Marshall is sworn in as the first African-American US Supreme Court justice.

Oct 2, 1535: Jacques Cartier lands in Hochelaga, now Montreal.

USA, Scott Nr E1 (1885)

USA, Scott Nr 1286A (1968)

Greece, Scott Nr 578 (1955)

September 29, 1547: “Don Quixote” author, Miguel de Cervantes, is born.

September 29, 1966: Bechuanaland becomes the independent Republic of Botswana.

September 30, 1399: Henry Bolingbroke becomes King Henry IV of England.

Chad, Scott Nr 233a (1971)

September 29, 1364: Battle of Auray took place at the French town of Auray.

September 29, 1848: Hungarian forces defeat Croats at Pákozd.

September 29, 1567: War of Religion breaks out in France ; Huguenots try to kidnap King Charles IX

Guernsey, Scott Nr 356 61 (1987)

Greece, Scott Nr 402 (1937)

Canada 445 1966

September 26, 2006: My wife arrives in America from China.

September 27, 1973: Soyuz 12 is launched.

September 27, 1938: Lou Gehrig hits the first home run of his career.

September 27, 1912: The first blues song is published, W C Handy’s “Memphis Blues.”

September 26, 1892: John Philip Sousa's band gives its first public performance.

September 26, 1087: Robert Curthose becomes King William II of England.

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