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On October 14, 1586:
Mary I of Scotland goes on trial for conspiracy against Elizabeth I of England.

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1994: Israelis and Arafat share peace prize

Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, and two Israelis, the Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and Foreign Minister Shimon Peres, have been named the winners of this year's Nobel peace prize.
The announcement has been marred by the resignation of one of the Nobel peace prize committee members.

Kare Kristiansen objected to the honour being given to the PLO leader, whom he described as "too tainted by violence, terror and torture".

The award has also been overshadowed tonight by the bungled rescue of a kidnapped Israeli soldier from his militant Palestinian captors, which ended in the deaths of the captive, three of his kidnappers and one of his would-be rescuers.

" I would happily give back the Nobel Peace Prize to bring back the lives of the soldiers who fell"

Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin

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On Oct 15:

1946 - Nazi war criminal Hermann Goering, founder of the Gestapo, poisoned himself hours before he was to have been executed.

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October 16 1854: Lincoln Speaks Out Against Slavery

An obscure lawyer and Congressional hopeful from the state of Illinois named Abraham Lincoln delivers a speech regarding the Kansas-Nebraska Act, which Congress had passed five months earlier.
In his speech, the future president denounced the act and outlined his views on slavery, which he called "immoral."

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On Oct 16:

1962 - The Cuban missile crisis began when President John F. Kennedy was informed that reconnaissance photographs had revealed the presence of missile bases in Cuba.

[Oct 16, 2007 1:52:31 PM]

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1987 - Hurricane winds batter s. England
http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stor...ewsid_2533000/2533219.stm

[Oct 16, 2007 2:59:16 PM]

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http://history.com/tdih.do?action=tdihVideoCategory&id=51784

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October 17, 1931 : Capone goes to prison

[Oct 17, 2007 2:41:47 PM]

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On Oct 17:

2006 - The United States population reaches 300 million.

[Oct 17, 2007 3:15:06 PM]

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October 18, 1867:

The American flag flew for the first time in Alaska,
marking the formal transfer of this massive northern territory from Russia to the United States.

[Oct 18, 2007 9:52:32 AM]

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On Oct 18:

1767 - The Mason-Dixon line, the boundary between Maryland and Pennsylvania, was agreed upon.

[Oct 18, 2007 5:28:49 PM]

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