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On this day features revisiting historical events, anniversaries and notable lives, with stories from Cyprus and around the world that put the past in context.

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On this day: Bobby Hatfield, the tenor half of the Righteous Brothers, died, in 2003

Following are some of the major events to have occurred on November 5: 1912 - Democrat Woodrow Wilson won the...
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On this day: Kylie Minogue became the first woman to win Music Industry Trusts award, in 2007

Following are some of the major events to have occurred on October 29: 1923 - Turkey became a republic under...
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On this day: NASA launched Ares I-X rocket, in 2009

Following are some of the major events to have occurred on October 28: 1919 - The Volstead Prohibition Act was...
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On this day: Catalonia declared independence from Spain in 2017

Following are some of the major events to have occurred on October 27: 1922 - The Italian government resigned under...
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On this day: Revolutionary Russian workers in St Petersburg formed the first Soviet assembly, in 1905

Following are some of the major events to have occurred on October 26: 1905 - Revolutionary Russian workers in St...
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On this day: The Irish Republican Army (IRA) said it had begun to disarm, in 2001

Following are some of the major events to have occurred on October 23: 1942 - British and Commonwealth forces led...
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On this day: Paul Cezanne, French Post-Impressionist painter, died in 1906

Following are some of the major events to have occurred on October 22: 1906 - Paul Cezanne, French Post-Impressionist painter,...
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On this day: Women in France voted for the first time, in 1945

Following are some of the major events to have occurred on October 21: 1945 - Women vote for the first...
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On this day: Jackie Kennedy married Aristotle Onassis after 5 years of widowhood, in 1968

Following are some of the major events to have occurred on October 20: 1944 - In World War Two, Russian...
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On this day: At least 350, mostly asylum seekers, died after boat sank of Java in 2001

Following are some of the major events to have occurred on October 19: 1912 - Tripoli ceases to be under...
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On this day: Poland’s Cardinal Karol Wojtyla was elected Pope John Paul II, the first non-Italian pontiff in 456 years, in 1978

Following are some of the major events to have occurred on October 16: 1946 - A number of top German...
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On this day: Hundreds died as 7.2 quake struck Philippine tourist islands, in 2013

Following are some of the major events to have occurred on October 15: 1945 - Pierre Laval was executed for...
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On this day: U.S. civil rights leader Martin Luther King was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, in 1964

Following are some of the major events to have occurred on October 14: 1912 - U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt was...
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