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- THIS WEEK IN HISTORY -
Oct 24, 1260 - Qutuz, Mamluk Sultans of Egypt (1259-60), is assassinated by Baibars, a fellow Mamluk leader, who seizes power for himself; Oct 25, 1147 - Seljuk Turks defeat German crusaders under Conrad III at the Battle of Dorylaeum; Oct 26, 1995 - Mossad agents assassinate Islamic Jihad leader Fathi Shikaki in his hotel in Malta; Oct 27, 1507 - Portuguese admiral Afonso de Albuquerque captures the Persian fortress of Ormuz on Hormuz Island; Oct 27, 1676 - Poland & the Ottoman Empire sign Peace of Warsaw; Oct 28, 969 - Byzantine troops occupy Antioch (in modern Syria); Oct 28, 1516 - Battle of Yaunis Khan: Turkish forces under the Grand Vizier Sinan Pasha defeat the Mameluks near Gaza; Oct 28, 1531 - Battle of Amba Sel: Imam Ahmad ibn Ibrihim al-Ghazi again defeats the army of Lebna Dengel, Emperor of Ethiopia. The southern part of Ethiopia falls under Imam Ahmad's control; Oct 29, 1954 - Colonel Gamal Abdel Nasser disbands the Muslim Brotherhood; Oct 30, 637 - Antioch surrenders to the Muslim forces under Rashidun Caliphate after the Battle of Iron bridge; Oct 30, 1270 - The Eighth Crusade and siege of Tunis ended by agreement between Charles I of Sicily (brother to King Louis IX of France, who had died months earlier) and the sultan of Tunis; Oct 30, 1340 - Battle of Rio Salado (or Tarifa): King Afonso IV of Portugal and King Alfonso XI of Castile defeat Sultan Abu al-Hasan 'Ali of Morocco and Yusuf I of Granada, last Marīnids invasion of Iberian Peninsula.
Oct 24, 1881 - Levi P Morton, US ambassador to France drives first rivet in Statue of Liberty; Oct 24, 1929 - "Black Thursday", start of stock market crash, Dow Jones down 12.8 percent; Oct 25, 1884 - First "World Championship" Baseball Series, Polo Grounds, NYC: Providence Grays (NL) beat NY Mets (American Association), 12-2 in 6 innings for 3 game sweep; game abandoned because of bitter cold; Oct 25, 1941 - 16,000 Jews massacred in Odessa, Ukraine; Oct 26, 1776 - Benjamin Franklin departs for France on a mission to seek French support for the American Revolution; Oct 26, 1868 - White terrorists kill several blacks in St Bernard Parish La; Oct 27, 1682 - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, is founded by Englishman William Penn; Oct 27, 1787 - Federalist Papers start appearing in New York newspapers under pseudonym "Publius" (written by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay); Oct 28, 1636 - Harvard University, Cambridge, founded by a vote of the Massachusetts General Court; Oct 28, 1790 - New York gives up claims to Vermont for $30,000; Oct 29, 539 BCE - King Cyrus "the Great" of Persia marches into Babylon, freeing Jewish captives and allowing them to return home; Oct 29, 1692 - Court of Oyer and Terminer, convened for Salem witch trials, dissolved; Oct 30, 1503 - Queen Isabella of Spain bans violence against "Indians" in the Americas; Oct 30, 1868 - John Menard of Louisiana is first African American elected to US Congress.
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