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- THIS WEEK IN HISTORY -
Oct 10, 680 - Imam al-Ḥusayn ibn Ali and his followers martyred in Karbala by the army of Yazid, the Umayyad caliph, on the way to Kufa; Oct 10, 1957 - US President Eisenhower apologizes to the finance minister of Ghana, Komla Agbeli Gbdemah, after he is refused service in a restaurant in Dover, Delaware; Oct 10, 2003 - Shirin Ebadi is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for her significant and pioneering efforts for democracy and human rights, making her the first Iranian Muslim women to receive the prize; Oct 12, 2012 - The United Nations Security Council unanimously approves of an African-led force to oust Islamist militants in northern Mali; Oct 13, 1924 - Mecca falls without struggle to Saudi forces led by Abdulaziz ibn Saud; Oct 13, 1923 - Angora (Ankara) becomes Turkey's capital; Oct 14, 1906 - Hassan al-Banna, Egyptian founder of the Muslim Brotherhood, born in Mahmoudiyah, Beheira, Egypt (d. 1949).
Oct 10, 1780 - Great Hurricane of 1780 kills 20,000 to 30,000 in the Caribbean, hitting Barbados first. Atlantic's deadliest recorded hurricane; Oct 11, 1939 - Albert Einstein informs FDR of the possibilities of an atomic bomb; Oct 11, 1985 - President Reagan bans import of South African Krugerrands to the USA; Oct 12, 1285 - 180 Jews refuse baptism in Munich Germany and are set on fire; Oct 12, 1871 - US President Grant condemns Ku Klux Klan; Oct 13, 1792 - Cornerstone laid for the Executive Mansion (White House) in Washington; Oct 14, 1773 - American Revolutionary War: The United Kingdom's East India Company tea ships' cargo are burned at Annapolis, Maryland; Oct 14, 1958 - The District of Columbia Bar Association votes to accept black Americans as members; Oct 15, 1883 - US Supreme Court declares Civil Rights Act of 1875 unconstitutional; Oct 15, 1914 - US Clayton Antitrust Act passed (union & strike rights); Oct 16, 1848 - First US homeopathic medical college opens in Pennsylvania; Oct 16, 1901 - Booker T. Washington and his family are invited to dine at the White House with Teddy and Edith Roosevelt, prompting condemnation from the southern states.
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