539 BC Babylon falls to Cyrus of Persia [or the 13th, 17th, or 29th]
166 Triumph of Emperor Lucius Verus for victories in the East
1459 Battle of Ludford Bridge: King Henry VI defeats Richard of York
1492 Columbus makes landfall on San Salvador/Watling/Guanahani Island, in the Bahamas
1502 Gianpaolo Baglioni betrays Cesare Borgia and seizes Cagli.
1643 Castro War: Battle of Perugia - Papal forces defeat the Tuscans, who retreat
1654 Delft, the Netherlands: About 30 tonnes (66,138 pounds) of gunpowder in the Estates-General magazine explodes, devastates much of the city, with thousands of casualties
1722 Isfahan fell to Mir Mahmoud of Afghanistan, after a 7 month siege
1776 British troops begin guarding Throgg's Neck Road, the Bronx
1798 Ali Pasha of Albania took Preveza, massacring the men and enslaving the women and children
1810 Crown Prince Ludwig of Bavaria ("Mad King Ludwig") weds Princess Therese of Saxony-Hildburghausen, in Munich, initiating what is now known as "Oktoberfest."
1851 The Irish 69th Regiment is accepted into the New York State Militia
1860 British & French troops capture Peking
1861 Confederate ram 'Manassas' damages the USS 'Richmond' on the Mississippi
1861 Skirmish at Bayless Cross Roads, La
1861 Skirmish at Cameron, Mo
1861 Skirmish at Upton Hill, Ky
1862 JEB Stuart completes his "Second ride around McClellan"
1862 Maj Gen Earl Van Dorn takes over CSA troops in Mississippi
1898 The USS 'Oregon' (BB 3) begins it's "Second Dash Around Cape Horn"
1914 First Battle of Ypres begins
1914 Off Easter Island, Graf von Spee concentrates the largest German naval squadron ever seen outside the North or Baltic Seas; 2 armored cruisers, 7 protected cruisers, & 3 colliers
1942 Japanese sub enters the Gulf of Oman.
1942 US aircraft sink two Japanese destroyers near Guadalcanal
1943 Fifth Air Force begins a series of air raids on Rabaul.
1944 German army withdraws from Athens
1944 US carriers raid Formosa, to destroy Japanese air power in the area
1960 Nikita Khrushchev pounds a shoe on his desk in the General Assembly
1972 Race riot aboard the USS 'Kitty Hawk' (CV 63), results in 46 injured
1973 Juan Peron again becomes President of Argentina (1946-1955, Oct 12, 1973-July 1, 1974)
1984 Unsuccessful IRA attempt to assassinate PM Margaret Thatcher, 5 die
2000 Islamist suicide boat attack on the USS 'Cole' (DDG-67) at Aden, 17 die, c. 40 wounded
2002 Islamist terrorists bomb a nightclub in Bali, 180 die, c. 300 injured
