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ON THIS DAY: Cuban missile crisis begins (1962)

On this Day October 21, 2025 at 16:05

On this day in 1962, the world stood on the brink of nuclear war as the Cuban Missile Crisis began. The 13-day confrontation between the...

ON THIS DAY: Ankara becomes the capital of Turkey (1923)

On this Day October 13, 2025 at 17:24

On 13 October 1923, the Grand National Assembly of Turkey officially declared Ankara the capital of the Republic of Turkey, replacing Constantinople (now Istanbul)...

ON THIS DAY: Leif Erikson reaches Vinland (1000 AD)

On this Day October 9, 2025 at 16:52

More than 500 years before Columbus, Leif Erikson- son of Erik the Red- set foot on what he called Vinland, believed by most historians...

ON THIS DAY: The day that didn’t exist (1582)

On this Day October 8, 2025 at 20:34

Imagine going to sleep on 4 October and waking up on the 15th. That’s what happened in parts of Europe in 1582, when several...

ON THIS DAY: World Cerebral Palsy day

On this Day October 6, 2025 at 18:00

6 October has been established as World Cerebral Palsy Day, following an initiative by non-governmental organisations associated with the condition. The day aims to...

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