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A Brief History This article presents a chronological list of notable events that happened on November 1st.  For each date below, please click on the date to be taken to an article covering that date’s event. Digging Deeper On November 1, 1893, a small force of British soldiers defeated a much larger force of African warriors at the Battle of Bembezi in the South of Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) during the First Matabele War. On November 1, 1896, a picture showing the unclad or bare breasts of a woman appeared in National Geographic magazine for the first time in the publication’s…

A Brief History This article presents a chronological list of notable events that happened on October 31st.  For each date below, please click on the date to be taken to an article covering that date’s event. Digging Deeper By statute enacted on October 31, 1803, President Thomas Jefferson was authorized to take possession of various territories ceded by France to the United States of America in what is known as the Louisiana Purchase. On October 31, 1864, the people of the United States got a big  treat in their Halloween basket, the newly minted State of Nevada, the 36th state…

A Brief History This article presents a chronological list of notable events that happened on October 30th.  For each date below, please click on the date to be taken to an article covering that date’s event. Digging Deeper On October 30, 1501, the long history of sordid affairs involving popes and goings on in the Vatican reached a bizarre new level when Cesare Borgia, a cardinal in the Catholic Church and son of Pope Alexander VI, hosted “The Ballet of Chestnuts” at his father’s residence, the Papal Palace. On October 30, 1806, 5,300 Prussian soldiers defending the city of Stettin surrendered to only 800…

A Brief History This article presents a chronological list of notable events that happened on October 29th.  For each date below, please click on the date to be taken to an article covering that date’s event. Digging Deeper On October 29, 1390, Paris, France got its first taste of professional witch hunting when the first of two witchcraft trials began in the French capital. On October 29, 1877, former Confederate States of America Army General Nathan Bedford Forrest died, but despite being an early member of the infamous racist organization, the Ku Klux Klan and serving as the first Grand Wizard…

A Brief History This article presents a chronological list of notable events that happened on October 28th.  For each date below, please click on the date to be taken to an article covering that date’s event. Digging Deeper On October 28, 1453, the Bohemian city of Prague witnessed the crowing of Ladislaus the Posthumous as King. On October 28, 1886, President Grover Cleveland dedicated the Statue of Liberty (Liberty Enlightening the World), that great beacon of freedom welcoming immigrants into New York Harbor, for many, the gateway to a better life in the United States. On October 28, 1919, The…