On This Day in History |
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1813 Battle of Leipzig, the largest battle in Europe prior to World War I, sees Napoleon's forces defeated by Prussia, Austria, and Russia |
1900 Great Britain and Germany sign the Anglo-German Treaty, agreeing to maintain the territorial integrity of China and support the 'open door' policy called for by the US Secretary of State |
1934 Mao Zedong and 25,000 troops begin their 6,000 mile Long March from the south of China to the north and west |
 | Reconnaissance photo of Soviet missiles in Cuba shown to John F. Kennedy on October 16, 1962 |
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1962 Cuban Missile Crisis begins as US President John F. Kennedy is shown photos confirming the presence of Soviet missiles in Cuba |
1968 Americans Tommie Smith (gold 19.83 WR) and John Carlos (bronze) famously give the Black Power Salute on the 200m medal podium during the Mexico City Olympics to protest racism and injustice against African Americans |
1978 Polish Cardinal Karol Wojtyla is elected Pope John Paul II |
1998 Former Chilean dictator General Augusto Pinochet is arrested in London on a Spanish warrant requesting his extradition on murder charges |
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Also Itō Hirobumi and Michael Collins. |
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A lion spared a businessman who prayed on his knees on this day and the event is still being celebrated in an ancient London church three centuries later. |
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