On October 31, 1864, Congress admitted Nevada as the 36th state in the Union. With President Lincoln coming up for re-election and looking for support for his proposed 13th Amendment to the Constitution, Nevadans had moved quickly to meet the legal requirements for statehood, ultimately sending the entire text of the proposed state constitution to [...]
On October 31, 1984, Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi was assassinated by two security guards, precipitating riots throughout the country.
On October 30, 1905 , Tsar Nicholas II granted Russians basic civil liberties in the October Manifesto.
On October 30, 1941, President Franklin Roosevelt approved $1 billion in wartime aid to the Allies under the Lend-Lease Act. America did not formally enter World War II until December of 1941, but the U.S. Government nonetheless provided crucial aid to the Allied Powers from the passage of the Lend-Lease Act in March of 1941 [...]
On October 29, 1901, Leon Czolgosz was executed for assassinating President William McKinley.
On October 29, 1863, the International Red Cross was established in Geneva, Switzerland. Learn more about the history of the International Committee of the Red Cross and the history of International Humanitarian law.
On October 28, 1919, the Volstead Act was passed, ushering in Prohibition. Learn more about the Volstead Act and the prohibition era from the National Archives and Records Administration.
On October 28, 1962, Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev ordered the removal of Soviet missiles from Cuba, ending the Cuban Missile Crisis. Learn more about the Cuban Missile Crisis from the Woodrow Wilson Center for Scholars, and read declassified documents as provided by The George Washington University.
On October 27, 1787, the first of the Federalist Papers, written by Alexander Hamilton, John Jay, and James Madison under the pen-name “PUBLIUS” to promote the ratification of the new US Constitution, was published in a New York newspaper.
On October 27, 1986, the so-called “Big Bang” deregulated markets throughout the London Stock Exchange as part of Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher’s financial reform program. Learn more about the effects of the Big Bang in the United Kingdom.