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* October 16, 1999-Near Ludlow, California: Amtrak ’ s westbound Southwest Chief passenger train, en route from Chicago to Los Angeles, was derailed while crossing the Mojave Desert northeast of Los Angeles when the train reached a section of track that had been damaged by the 7. 1-magnitude Hector Mine earthquake, which had occurred 24 minutes prior to the derailment.
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October and 16
The fourth name was ( John ) Milton of Christ's College, followed by ( Richard ) Manningham of Peterhouse, who matriculated 16 October 1624.
These three installment dates would be: October 26, January 26, and April 25 ( Providence ) and November 15, February 16 and May 15 ( Cranston ).
On October 16, 1854, in his " Peoria Speech ", Lincoln declared his opposition to slavery, which he repeated en route to the presidency.
The city and its fortified sourroundings were encircled 13 September – 16 October 1944 by the US 1st Infantry Division and 3rd Armored Division in conjunction with the US 2nd Armored Division and 30th Infantry Division during the prolonged Battle of Aachen, later reinforced by US 28th Infantry Division elements.
Abd al-Rahman succeeded Abdallah the day after his death, 16 October 912.
The marriage took place on 30 April or 16 October 1325 and was a purely political maneuver to strengthen the first Polish – Lithuanian coalition against the Teutonic Knights.
Since German reunification on 3 October 1990, Berlin has been one of the three city states, together with Hamburg and Bremen, among the present 16 states of Germany.
Bardot's other husbands were German millionaire playboy Gunter Sachs ( 14 July 1966 – 1 October 1969 ) and Bernard d ' Ormale ( 16 August 1992 – present ).
The 2012 Man Booker Prize is to be awarded on 16 October 2012.
On October 16, 2009, the town council accepted the " Boone 2030 Land Use Plan.
Another occurred in issue 2674, dated 16 October 1993, when the whole comic was now printed in full colour, along with some new strips such as The Numskulls, which had been moved from The Beezer.
*" U. S .- Canada Test Of Air Defence A Success ", The New York Times, October 16, 1961.
From 16 June 1940-1942 the colonial administration remained loyal to Vichy France ( from 1942, under Free French ), but 25 September 1942-13 October 1946 they were, like Madagascar, under British occupation.
He was president for 16 years, until his assassination on October 26, 1979.
On 30 April or 16 October 1325, Casimir married Aldona of Lithuania.
The Dead Kennedys performed what appears to be their first new song in 24 years, " You're Such a Fake ", during their October 16, 2010, concert at the Rock and Roll Hotel in Washington, D. C.
On October 16, 2011, the Cowboys wore their road blue jerseys against the New England Patriots for the first time since December 27, 2009, against the Redskins ; the Patriots defeated the Cowboys 20 – 16.
# Always Postpone Meetings with Time-Wasting Morons — April 16, 1989 ( first strip ) to October 21, 1989
Marie Antoinette on the Way to the Guillotine, 16 October 1793
In the Capitulation of Erfurt the city, its 12, 000 defenders, and the Petersberg fortress were handed over to the French on 16 October 1806.
Enver Hoxha (; 16 October 190811 April 1985 ) was the Communist leader of Albania from 1944 until his death in 1985, as the First Secretary of the Party of Labour of Albania.
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Nigel Haywood, the former Consul-General in Basra, has been Governor since 16 October 2010.
They committed themselves to founding a permanent organization for food and agriculture, which happened in Quebec City, Canada on October 16, 1945.
October and Ludlow
* October 12 – Due to the advance of a royal force on his fortress of Ludlow, The Duke of York flees to Ireland, while his ally Warwick goes to Calais.
According to Edmund Ludlow, " On the fifteenth ( October 15, 1660 ), Mr. John Carew suffered there also, even their enemies confessing that more steadiness of mind, more contempt of death, and more magnanimity could not be expressed.
On 11 October, York tried to move south, but was forced to head for Ludlow.
On 14 October 2005, Green indicated his intention to stand for election in the Ludlow Constituency at the next General Election.
On 19 October 1356 his grandmother, Joan de Geneville, widow of the first earl, died, and Roger inherited her vast estates, including Ludlow Castle, which was thereafter the Mortimer family seat and power base.
Richard retreated towards Ludlow, before making a stand at a fortified position near Ludford, Shropshire on 12 October.
After Ireton's death on 26 November 1651, Ludlow then held the chief command, and had practically completed the conquest of the island when he resigned his authority to Fleetwood in October 1652.
On October 5, 1952, they announced that they had selected the Austin Motor Company ( by then part of BMC ) and Fisher & Ludlow ( which also became part of BMC in September 1953 ), both English companies based around Birmingham, England.
In a session of the General Court held October 10, 1639 Ludlow was censured and fined by the Court for having exceeded the terms of the charter granted to settle areas that were to have been east of Fairfield.
Charles Ludlow ( about 1790 – 20 October 1839 ) was an officer in the United States Navy during the War of 1812.
According to Edmund Ludlow, " On the fifteenth ( October 15, 2012 ), Mr. John Carew suffered there also, even their enemies confessing that more steadiness of mind, more contempt of death, and more magnanimity could not be expressed.
" On October 23, 1983, Steamtown sponsored its last Vermont excursion, using Canadian Pacific 1246 to pull a " dozen or so cars " on a round trip from Riverside station to Ludlow, Vermont, and Scranton began raising money for the move.
The of track between Crucero and the T & T's connection with the Santa Fe Railway at Ludlow was placed out of service on October 8, 1933.
October and California
In October 1999 the California State Attorney General sued 13 key manufacturers and distributors over lead content.
* 1967: Roger Patterson and Robert Gimlin reported that on October 20 they had captured a purported Sasquatch on film at Bluff Creek, California.
Christopher Wolfgang Alexander ( born October 4, 1936 in Vienna, Austria ) is a registered architect noted for his theories about design, and for more than 200 building projects in California, Japan, Mexico and around the world.
In October 1985, the California Supreme Court rejected Rosenthal's appeal of the multimillion-dollar judgment against him for legal malpractice, and upheld conclusions of a trial court and a Court of Appeal that Rosenthal acted improperly.
UCLA Bruins football | UCLA quarterback Kevin Craft throws a pass during an October 2008 game against the 2008 California Golden Bears football team | California Golden Bears.
In October, Prince Harry was transferred to a US military base in California to complete his helicopter gunship training.
The Patterson-Gimlin film ( also referred to as simply the Patterson film ) is a famous short motion picture of an unidentified subject the film makers purported to be a " Bigfoot ", that was supposedly filmed on October 20, 1967, by Roger Patterson ( February 14, 1926 – January 15, 1972 ) and Robert Gimlin ( October 18, 1931 ) on the Klamath River outside of Orleans, California.
* 11 June 2011 – 9 October 2011, M. H. de Young Memorial Museum, San Francisco, California, USA.
On October 7, the Afghan Women's Mission ( AWM ) organized a fund raising event for RAWA in Los Angeles, California.
The first RTTY Contest was held by the RTTY Society of Southern California from October 31 to November 1, 1953.
On October 1st 2012 California Governor Jerry Brown signed into law the first bill banning gay conversion therapy.
Stephen D. Crocker ( born October 15, 1944 in Pasadena, California ) is the inventor of the Request for Comments series, authoring the very first RFC and many more.
On October 27, 2003, the Chargers wore their navy pants with their navy jersey for a Monday Night Football game versus the Miami Dolphins that was played at Sun Devil Stadium, then the home of the Arizona Cardinals, due to wildfires in southern California.
In October 1968, the SCA was incorporated as a 501 ( c )( 3 ) non-profit corporation in California.
The event was held, following an appearance on Saturday Night Live on October 30, on Thanksgiving Day of 1976 at the Winterland Ballroom in San Francisco, California, and featured a horn section with arrangements by Allen Toussaint and a stellar list of guests, including other Canadian acts Joni Mitchell and Neil Young.
The Unicode consortium was incorporated on January 3, 1991, in the state of California, and in October 1991, the first volume of the Unicode standard was published.
On October 9, 1867, the College's trustees reluctantly agreed to merge with the state college to their mutual advantage, but under one condition — that there not be simply a " Agricultural, Mining, and Mechanical Arts College ", but " a complete university ", within which the College of California would become the College of Letters ( now the College of Letters and Science ).
On October 2, 2010, Ono and the Plastic Ono Band performed at The Orpheum Theatre in Los Angeles, California with special guest Lady Gaga.
* October 9 – Mission Nuestra Señora de la Soledad is founded by Father Fermín Francisco de Lasuén, becoming the 13th mission in the California mission chain.
* October 23 – Award-winning composer and Hollywood songwriter Ralph Rainger (" Thanks for the Memory ") is among 12 people killed in the mid-air collision between an American Airlines DC-3 airliner and a U. S. Army bomber near Palm Springs, California.
* October 23 – The O. J. Simpson civil trial begins in Santa Monica, California.
* October 16 – Thirty-nine people, including singer-activist Joan Baez, are arrested in Oakland, California, for blocking the entrance of that city's military induction center.
* October 20-Patterson-Gimlin film, Roger Patterson and Robert Gimlin's famous film of an unidentified animate cryptid, thought to be Bigfoot or Sasquatch, is recorded at Bluff Creek, California.
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