On October 19, the EXCOMM formed separate working groups to examine the air strike and blockade options, and by the afternoon most support in the EXCOMM shifted to the blockade option.

On the afternoon of May 9, Benedict Arnold quite unexpectedly arrived on the scene.

On the afternoon of ' Ashura ( 3 June 1963 ), Khomeini delivered a speech at the Feyziyeh madrasah drawing parallels between the infamous tyrant Yazid and the Shah, denouncing the Shah as a " wretched, miserable man ," and warning him that if he did not change his ways the day would come when the people would offer up thanks for his departure from the country.

On TV it is not shown in prime time, but as an afternoon matinée, in a slightly cut version.

On the afternoon of August 16, the weather cleared, and Stark ordered his men to be ready to attack.

On the afternoon and evening of January 21, Commissioner Soete and his brother dug up Lumumba's corpse for the second time, cut it up with a hacksaw, and dissolved it in concentrated sulfuric acid ( de Witte 2002: 140 – 143 ).

On the afternoon of November 22, 1800, tremors from the 6. 5-magnitude San Diego Earthquake cracked the walls of the rising edifice, necessitating that repair work be performed.

* 1983: 1983 Melbourne dust storm: On the afternoon of February 8 a huge dust storm originating in the Mallee region of Victoria, Australia covered the city of Melbourne.

* 2007: On Saturday afternoon February 24, a large dust storm originating in the West Texas area of Amarillo covered much of the North Texas area.

On September 14, 1987, nearly one year after its cancellation, USA Network picked up Press Your Luck for its afternoon block of game show reruns.

On the afternoon of September 7, Mao took a turn for the worse.

On the afternoon of December 13, the Shanghai Expeditionary Force Headquarters at Tangshuizhen was ambushed by Chinese stragglers.

On the afternoon of 16 July 1918, the last full day of her life, Tatiana sat with her mother and read from the Biblical Books of Amos and Obadiah, Alexandra noted in her diary.

On a free afternoon, she escapes the stifling atmosphere of the campus to explore the surrounding countryside.

On the afternoon of May 4 over 3, 000 students of Peking University and other schools gathered together in front of Tiananmen and held a demonstration.

On the final day of the season, Thompson took the lead by scoring 73 points in an afternoon game against the Detroit Pistons.

On the afternoon of July 10, 1884, Morphy was found dead in his bathtub in New Orleans at the age of forty-seven.

On Friday and Saturday there are four fourball matches and four foursomes matches each day ; a session of four matches in the morning and a session of four matches in the afternoon.

On the afternoon of June 11, 2005, more than 100 federal and state agents, led by the FBI and supported by snipers and helicopters, raided and closed a large cock fighting ring in Cocke County.

On the afternoon of April 16, 2011 at approximately 2: 30pm EDT, an EF2 tornado struck the Bethel Hill community.

On a Sunday afternoon in May, 1798 William Pitt, the then Prime Minister, who lived in Bowling-Green House on the heath, fought a bloodless battle with William Tierney, MP.

On Whit Monday, in the morning, will be a punting match ... The first boat that comes in to receive a guinea ... In the afternoon a gold-laced hat, worth 30s.

On November 30, 1954, a 4 kg piece of what became known as the Hodges Meteorite crashed through the roof of an Oak Grove house, bounced off a radio, and badly bruised Mrs. Ann Hodges, who was taking an afternoon nap.

On April 27, 2011, an EF-3 tornado tore through the city in the early hours of the morning and the city was hit by an EF-4 in the afternoon.

On the afternoon of 4 May when the final attack on the fort was led by Baird, he was again met by " furious musket and rocket fire ", but this did not help much ; in about an hour's time the Fort was taken ; perhaps in another hour Tipu had been shot ( the precise time of his death is not known ), and the war was effectively over.

On February 17, Russell and Cook were sent to the Pena Flor community on the Vermejo to see about renting out ranches the company had purchased.

On April 17, 1610, the sturdy little three-masted bark, Discovery, weighed anchor in St. Katherine's Pool, London, and floated down the Thames toward the sea.

On January 17, 2008, NYSE Euronext announced it would acquire the AMEX for $ 260 million in stock ; on October 1, 2008, NYSE Euronext completed the acquisition.

On December 21, 2008, Atlanta beat the Minnesota Vikings 24 – 17 to clinch a wild card spot, earning a trip to the playoffs for the first time since 2004.

On May 8, after going 12 – 17 in 29 games, the Diamondbacks released manager Bob Melvin and hired A. J. Hinch.

On 17 October 1967, Korner interviewed The Jimi Hendrix Experience for the BBC radio showTop Gear.

On 17 August 2008 club chairman and owner Franco Sensi died after a long illness ; his place at the chairmanship of the club was successively taken by his daughter Rosella.

On December 17, however, Bradley observed that the star was moving southwards, a motion further shown by observations on the 20th.

On 15 September / 17 September 1815 in Weilburg, Charles married Princess Henrietta of Nassau-Weilburg ( 1797 – 1829 ).

On March 17, 1955, she married him at Quartzsite, Arizona, returning with Pole to live in California.

On July 17, 1996, Clinton issued Executive Order 13011 – Federal Information Technology, ordering the heads of all federal agencies to utilize information technology fully to make the information of the agency easily accessible to the public.

On 17 / 30 May a peace treaty was signed between Turkey and the Balkan Alliance.

On 17 May the Duke concentrated his Dutch and English troops at Tongeren, near Maastricht.

On 17 July 2010, the band performed their first UK gig in almost four years to a crowd of around 30, 000 at Latitude Festival in Henham Park, Southwold.

On January 17, 2008, Selig's contract was extended through 2012, after which he planned to retire, but then decided to stay as commissioner until the end of the 2014 season, a move approved by the owners on January 12, 2012, which would take his leadership past his 80th birthday.

On 17 July 2003, Kelly, an employee of the Ministry of Defence, apparently committed suicide after being misquoted by BBC journalist Andrew Gilligan as saying that Tony Blair's Labour government had knowingly " sexed up " the " September Dossier ", a report into Iraq and weapons of mass destruction.

On September 17, 1923, a major fire swept down the hills toward the University campus and the downtown section.

On November 17, 1858, Emperor Napoleon III annexed Clipperton as part of the French colony of Tahiti.

On 17 August 1990, the Serbs began what became known as the Log Revolution, where barricades of logs were placed across roads throughout the South as an expression of their secession from Croatia.

On June 17, 2009, NME reported that Hole would be reuniting.

On January 17, 1725, the Province of Massachusetts Bay, which then claimed territories west of the Merrimack River, granted the Concord area as the Plantation of Penacook.

On 17 November 2007 Australia beat Nigeria 1 – 0 in an international friendly at Craven Cottage.

On November 17, 2011, Dale Sveum agreed to a three year contract with an option for a fourth to become new manager of the Cubs.

On April 17, 1994, the Rockies beat Montreal 6 – 5, moving the team's record to 6 – 5 — the first time in franchise history that the club had a winning record.

On April 17, 2008, Colorado beat the San Diego Padres, 2 – 1, in a 22-inning road game that spanned 6 hours and 16 minutes.