Benjamin Franklin announces the creation of bifocals in 1785.
On May 23, 1785, Benjamin Franklin revealed the creation of the bifocal eyeglass, which would forever allow libraries and the elderly to see both close-up and far ...
In 1908, Henry Ford introduces the Legendary Model T for just $825
The first production, Model T Ford is finished on October 1, 1908, at the company's Piquette Avenue facility in Detroit. Between 1908 and 1927, Ford produced a...
Alexander the Great defeats Darius III of Persia in the Battle of Gaugamela in 331 BC.
The Battle of Gaugamela, also known as the Battle of Arbela, took place on October 1, 331 BCE, and was the final encounter between Alexander the Great of Macedon a...
Andhra Pradesh, an Indian state, was partitioned from Madras in 1953.
Potti Sri Ramulu, a major leader of the independent Andhra movement, began an indefinite fast on October 19, 1952, seeking a separate Andhra state from Madras for ...
At the end of the Russian-Turkish War (1736-1739), the Ottoman Empire and Russia signed the Treaty of Nissa in 1739.
Treaty of Nissa, a treaty of peace was signed by the Ottoman Empire and Russian Empire on October 3rd in the year 1739 to end up the Russio-Turkish War. As per the...
During Operation Hurricane on Monte Bello Island in Australia in 1952, the United Kingdom became the world's third nuclear power.
In the year 1952, on October 3rd United Kingdome became the third country to test the nuclear weapons after United States and Soviet Union. The code named 'Hur...
Indira Gandhi was arrested in 1977 for many breaches of privilege and contempt of the House.
Indira Gandhi, the then Prime Minister of India was arrested in the year 1977, on October 4th in Delhi on the charges of corruption and misuse of authority. With h...
Abraham Lincoln delivered his first political address at the Illinois State Fair in 1854.
On October 4th in the year 1854, Abraham Lincoln delivered his first political address at Illinois State Fair. The main motive of that speech was to oppose the sla...
Michael Jordan established career highs in 3-point attempts and 3-point field goals in 1994, nearly double prior numbers.
Michael Jordan best known by his initials MJ is an former American Professional basketballer and buisnessman. He played 15 seasons in the NBA, and had won six cham...
Around 1,000 Mongol army men landed on the Japanese island of Tsushima in 1274, the first onslaught of Kublai Khan's Mongol invasion of Japan.
The Mongol invasion on Japan took place in 1274. It was when Kublai Khan sent two huge fleets from China and Korea. When Mongol departed for the invasion of Japan,...
Orville and Wilbur Wright's "Flyer III" trip 38.5 km in 38.3" in 1905
October 5th marks the thirtd flyer trip. It was the first airplane that was capable of sustained and maneuverable flight. It was on 5th October 1905, when the flig...
Thomas Edison exhibited his first motion film in 1889.
Around 1889, Edison assembled a team of muckers, led by William Kennedy Laurie Dickson, to work on this project. They created the Strip Kinetograph, a very early m...
The far side of the Moon was observed for the first time in 1959, thanks to the USSR's Luna 3 space mission.
The radio-controlled Luna 3 lunar program was a huge success, with 20 missions to the Moon conducted between January 1959 and October 1970. The AFA-E1 camera on th...
In 1737, a storm created 40-foot seas in Calcutta, India, killing 300,000 people.
A huge storm made landfall inside the Ganges River Delta, just south of Calcutta, West Bengal, India, early on October, 1737. With 381 mm (15 in) of rain pouring i...
Midway Games initially launched Mortal Kombat as a 2D fighting game in 1992.
Mortal Kombat, released by Midway, launched in arcades on October 8, 1992, and soon became a big coin-op sensation. Scorpion, Johnny Cage, Sub-Zero, and Sonya Blad...
The Indian Air Force was founded in 1932.
Every year on October 8, India commemorates Indian Air Force Day since it was on this day in 1932 that the Indian Air Force was formally established as a supportin...
Captain James Cook arrived in New Zealand at Poverty Bay in 1769.
Captain James Cook, an English sailor, saw New Zealand on October 6, 1769, and arrived at Poverty Bay two days later. He created extensive maps of the land and wro...
In 1941, US President Franklin D. Roosevelt approved the Manhattan Project, an atomic endeavor.
President Franklin D. Roosevelt established the agencies that led to the Manhattan Project in 1939, when U.S. intelligence operatives reported that scientists work...
In 2012, Malala Yousafzai, a women's rights and education campaigner was shot three times by a Taliban gunman as she attempted to board her school bus in the Swat area of northwest Pakistan.
A shooter shot Yousafzai as she was walking home from school on October 9, 2012. She survived and has continued to advocate for the value of education. She deliver...
Malala Yousafzai and Kailash Satyarthi were awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2014.
Malala Yousafzai, a Pakistani education activist, and Kailash Satyarthi, an Indian child rights activist, have both been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. Ms Yousafza...
In 1945, a civil war broke out in China between the Kuomintang government led by Chiang Kai-shek and Mao Zedong's Communist Party.
Chiang Kai-shek and Mao Zedong, leaders of the Nationalist and Communist parties, met in 1945 for a series of negotiations on the creation of a post-war administra...
2020 A copy of William Shakespeare's First Folio sells at auction for a record $9.98 million in New York.
On 14th October, 2020, a rare copy of William Shakespeare's First Folio sold for a record $9.98 million at an auction in New York. The book was the first colle...
Burmese opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1991.
Aung San Suu Kyi, the Burmese Peace Prize Laureate, is the daughter of the renowned liberation struggle leader Aung San. She was opposed to all forms of violence a...
In 1956 Nagpur, Ambedkar and 500,000 supporters convert to Buddhism.
Today is a very significant day in India for millions of erstwhile untouchables. It happened precisely 65 years ago today. Dr. BR Ambedkar, the architect of t...
The Great Dictator, a satirical social commentary film directed by and starring Charlie Chaplin, was released in 1940.
The Great Dictator, an American comedy film directed and starred in by Charlie Chaplin, was released in 1940. It was Chaplin's most popular box office film, sa...
Manipur's land was taken over by the Indian government in 1949, and Tripura joined the Indian union.
Outlawed rebel organizations in Tripura and Manipur, Alliance for Socialist Unity, Kangleipak (ASUK) and National Liberation Front of Twipra (NLFT), have called fo...
Tata Airlines (later known as Air India) conducted its maiden flight in 1932.
The inaugural flight of Tata Air Mail took place on October 15, 1932. JRD Tata flew the mail from Karachi to Bombay, and Vincent flew it from Bombay to Madras. Thi...
In 1911, Orville Wright flew in a glider for 9 minutes and 45 seconds in Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina, setting a new world record that stood for ten years.
On October 24th, in the year 1911, Orville Wright set a new world soaring record of 9 minutes and 45 seconds of unpowered flight.The record had stood international...
Steffi Graf competes in her first professional tennis match in 1982.
Steffi Graf, a renowned former German tennis player played her first professional tennis match in the year 1982 on October 24th. She, since then became a dominant ...
The Missionary of Charity was founded by Mother Teressa.
The Missonaryof Charity Centre was founded by Mother Teresa in the year 1950. The aim of this centre was to provide support to the people who are in need. Since th...
The Maharajah of Jammu and Kashmir joins India in 1947.
A legal document, The Instrument of Accession executed by Maharaja Hari Singh, the riler of princely state of Jammu and Kashmir on October 26 in the year 1946. By ...
Walt Disney's first television show, "Disneyland," aired on ABC in 1954.
The famous Walt Disney's first television show, Disneyland, was produced since the year 1954 under several other titals. However, the orginal version of the se...
James Cook, the British explorer, navigator, and cartographer who was the first European to discover much of Australia, the Pacific Islands, and New Zealand, was born in Marton, Yorkshire, England in 1728.
James Cook, a renowned British Naval Captain, Navigator and Explorer who sailed the seaways and coasts of Canada and conducted three expeditions to Pacific Ocean w...
1932 Sylvia Plath, American poet and novelist, was born in Boston, Massachusetts in 1858. Theodore Roosevelt, the 26th President of the United States, was born in New York City.
Sylvia Plath, one of the most dynamic and admired poets of 20th century was born on October 27th in the year 1932. She was an important part of literary community,...
Jonathan Swift's "Gulliver's Travels" is published in London by Benjamin Motte in 1726.
One of the most famous novels in English Literature, Gulliver's Travels was first published on October 28th in the year 1726 by Benjamin Motte. The Novel is di...
Michael Faraday displays his dynamo invention, an electrical generator, in 1831.
Michael Faraday, on October 28th in 1831 invented the first laboratory models of Electric Generators or Dynamo. It consisted of a copper disc rotating between the ...
In 1999, the worst Indian Ocean tropical super cyclone strikes Odisha, India, killing 9,885 people and reaching wind speeds of 300 miles per hour.
On October 29, 1999, a super cyclone with winds of 300 mph hit Odisha, causing what was perhaps the worst cyclonic tragedy in the previous century. The super cyclo...
After a similar incident and President Macron's advocacy of the freedom to print caricatures of Prophet Muhammad, three people were stabbed to death in a church in Nice, France, in 2020.
French President Emmanuel Macron has stated that he understands why Muslims were outraged by cartoons depicting the Prophet Muhammad. It comes after a deadly knife...
On October 29, 2005, more than 60 people were killed in the Delhi bombings.
29th of October, 2005 With Diwali only two days away, Delhi's marketplaces were teeming with people. The holiday cheer was in the air until 5.30 p.m., when ter...
Rene Goscinny's "Asterix" is originally published in the French magazine "Pilote" in 1959, drawn by Albert Uderzo.
On October 29, 1959, the serial debuted in the Franco-Belgian comic magazine Pilote. Goscinny and Uderzo had already achieved success with their series Oumpah-pah,...
Vasco da Gama returns to Calicut, India, for the second time in 1502.
He desired retaliation for the abuse meted out to the last mission. Vasco da Gama landed in Calicut on the Malabar coast for the second time on October 30, 1502. H...
Tsar Nicholas II of Russia provides civil rights and approves the first Duma in the "October Manifesto" of 1905. (Parliament)
The Duma was the elected legislative body that, together with the State Council, served as the imperial Russian legislature from 1906 until its dissolution after t...
A radio broadcast of H. G. Wells' "The War of the Worlds," narrated by Orson Welles, supposedly sparks a worldwide panic in 1938.
A deep dive into one of the most contentious events in broadcasting history: Orson Welles' 1938 radio drama about Martians invading New Jersey." According...
On or around this day in 1348, the Black Death arrives in London.
Black death struck London in November 1348 and spread all the way up the coast of East Anglia early in the new year. It had ravaged Wales and the Midlands by sprin...
After the demise of Alexander III in 1894, Nicholas II becomes the next Tsar of Russia.
On November 1, 1894, Nicolas II succeeded his father Alexander III as Tsar, and on May 26, 1896, he was crowned Tsar in Moscow. April 1894, Nikolay Aleksandrovich ...
Mustafa Kemal Ataturk seizes Constantinople from Mehmed VI in 1922, establishing the Republic of Turkey and bringing the Ottoman Empire to an end.
The occupations of Constantinople and Smyrna galvanized the Turkish national movement, which eventually triumphed in the Turkish War of Independence. On November 1...
Suzuki and Maejima, Japanese navy staff officers, arrive at Pearl Harbor in 1941.
The Japanese ship Taiyo Maru landed at Honolulu in November 1941, carrying 340 passengers, including Suguru Suzuki, the Japanese Imperial Navy's youngest lieut...
India takes over management of four French Indian colonies in 1954.
In 1948, France and India agreed that the inhabitants of France's Indian possessions would choose their political future. French India was not de jure united w...
Today! Madhya Pradesh, Kerala, and Haryana are created as Indian states in 1956.
On November 1, 1956, the states of Madhya Pradesh, Karnataka, Chhattisgarh, Haryana, Punjab, Kerala, Andhra Pradesh, and Tamil Nadu observed formation day, while D...
The Indian state of Mysore is renamed Karnataka in 1973 to represent all of Karunadu's territories.
Former Chief Minister D. Devaraj Urs is credited with renaming Mysore State Karnataka on November 1, 1973; however, historians claim that the term 'Karnataka&#...
Today! Delhi becomes a union territory of India in 1956.
On November 1st, another chapter was added to the golden history of the capital of India, i.e. Delhi. That chapter made the capital of India. Delhi, a Union Territ...
In 1966, the Indian state of Haryana was formed from Punjab, and the territory of Chandigarh was established.
Haryana was formed on November 1, 1966, as a result of the division of the former state of Punjab into two separate states: Punjab, which spoke Punjabi, and Haryan...
The 1997 Tokyo International Film Festival saw the world premiere of James Cameron's "Titanic," starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet.
The film is based on the sinking of the RMS Titanic in 1912. Kate Winslet and Leonardo DiCaprio feature in it. The two actors play characters from different socioe...
Today, Howard Hughes flies the "Spruce Goose," a massive wooden airplane, for the first and only time in 1947.
The Hughes Flying Boat, once the biggest aircraft ever built, is flown on its first and only flight by creator Howard Hughes. The gigantic wooden aircraft, built o...
Today, at the age of 62, Ngô nh Dim, President and autocratic leader of South Vietnam, was killed in a coup.
Ngo Dinh Nhu was South Vietnamese President Ngo Dinh Diem's younger brother and main political adviser. Nhu commanded the ARVN special forces and the Personali...
Today, The Times of India, the world's most widely read English-language daily broadsheet newspaper, was launched in 1838 as The Bombay Times and Journal of Commerce Today.
The daily was formed in 1838 in Mumbai (then Bombay) under the British Raj to serve the British citizens of western India, after Lord Metcalfe's Act of 1835, w...
Chevrolet officially joins the automotive market in 1911, competing with the Ford Model T.
Chevrolet, sometimes known informally as Chevy and formally as the Chevrolet Subsidiary of General Motors Company, is an American vehicle division of the American ...
Today, the Soviet Union launches Sputnik 2 in 1957, with space dog Laika, a mostly-Siberian husky, onboard, becoming the first animal in orbit.
On November 3, 1957, the Soviet Union astonished the world by launching Sputnik 2. Laika, the first animal to orbit Earth, was aboard the tiny satellite. Laika, ho...
Today, Howard Carter discovers Tutankhamun's tomb in Egypt in 1922.
A team led by British Egyptologist Howard Carter began excavating Tutankhamun's tomb in Egypt's Valley of the Kings on November 4, 1922. Tutankhamun, also ...
Today, Barack Obama is elected President of the United States, becoming the first African-American to do so, beating Republican contender John McCain.
Senator Barack Obama of Illinois defeated Senator John McCain of Arizona on November 4, 2008, to become the 44th President of the United States and the first Afric...
Today! Akbar succeeds his father Humayun as Sultan of Delhi in 1556.
The Mughal Empire spanned nearly one million square kilometres at the time of Akbar's death in 1556. Then, on November 5,1556, Humayun succeeded his father as ...
In the Second Battle of Panipat in 1556, Hindu Emperor of North India Hem Chandra Vikramaditya is defeated by Mughal Emperor Akbar's army, who capture and eventually behead Hem Chandra.
On November 5, 1556, the Second Battle of Panipat was fought between the forces of Samrat Hem Chandra Vikramaditya, popularly known as Hemu, the Hindu king who rul...
Chittaranjan Das, an Indian lawyer and politician who founded the Swaraj Party, was born in Bikrampur, British India, in 1869.
Chittranjan Das, popularly known as Deshbandhu, was an Indian politician, a prominent lawyer, an activist of the Indian National Movement, and the founder of the S...
Republican Abraham Lincoln of Illinois was elected as the 16th President of the United States of America in 1860.
On November 6, 1860, Abraham Lincoln was elected President of the United States over a deeply divided Democratic Party, becoming the first Republican to do so. Des...
MK Gandhi was detained in South Africa in 1913 for spearheading an Indian miners' march.
Gandhi was arrested while leading a march on November 6, 1913, that included 127 women, 57 children, and 2037 men. He was freed on bond, returned to the march, and...
In 2016, the Indian government declared Delhi's air pollution levels to be an emergency, halting schools and construction sites.
The Indian government has declared extreme levels of harmful air pollution in Delhi a "emergency scenario," with authorities announcing a plan to tempora...
Bipin Chandra Pal, an Indian patriot and independence warrior, was born in Habiganj, Sylhet area, India, in 1858.
Bipin Chandra Pal was born on November 7, 1858, in Poil village, Syllhet district, Bangladesh. He was born into a prosperous Hindu Vaishnavite family. Ramchandra P...
In Tiruchirappalli, India, in 1888, Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman, an Indian physicist who earned the Nobel Prize in 1930 for light scattering, was born.
On November 7, 1888, Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman was born in Tiruchirappalli, Southern India. His father was a mathematics and physics instructor, therefore he wa...
Marie Curie, the Polish-French physicist who discovered radium and the first woman to receive a Nobel Prize (1903, 1911), was born in Warsaw, Poland in 1867.
Maria Sklodowska, later known as Marie Curie, was born in Warsaw on November 7, 1867. (modern-day Poland). Curie was the youngest of five siblings, the others bein...
During an unannounced live broadcast address in 2016, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi announces the demonetization of all 500 and 1,000 banknotes, scrapping 86 percent of the notes in circulation in a fight against corruption.
On November 8, 2016, Prime Minister Narendra Modi went on national television and said that all Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 high-value notes will become worthless by midni...
Vlad III the Impaler, a Wallachian prince, was born in SighiÅŸoara, Transylvania, Romania in 1431.
Vlad III - afterwards known as Vlad the Impaler, Vlad TepeÅŸ - was born in 1431 at the Sighisoara Citadel, the son of Vlad II Dracul, who was the illegitimate so...
K. R. Narayanan, India's 10th President, died in 2005 at the age of 85.
Kocheril Raman Narayanan was appointed vice president of India in 1992 and elected president in 1997. Narayanan was born on February 4, 1921, to a destitute Dalit ...
