Enemy combatant definition ruling [US DC] News
Enemy combatant definition ruling [US DC]

Lakhdar Boumediene, et al. v. George W. Bush, et al., US District Court for the District of Columbia, October 27, 2008 [ruling that in order to be held as "enemy combatants," detainees must have directly supported hostilities against the United States or its allies]. Read the full text of the order [PDF]. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.

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Volstead Act passed establishing Prohibition

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.

Khrushchev orders removal of USSR missiles from Cuba

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.