ON THIS DAY
On this day October 22-28, 2017
October 22, 2017 - October 28, 2017 - Graphics show birthdays and anniversaries on each day for the week.This week features the Cuban Missile Crisis, the visit of U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright to North Korea, Concorde and the era of supersonic air transport, the first Marxist revolution in history, the eradication of smallpox, the foundation of Amsterdam, and Beijing being designated the capital of China’s Ming dynasty.
October 22, 1962: The Cuban Missile Crisis began when U.S. President John F. Kennedy announced a naval blockade of Cuba until Soviet missiles were removed
October 23, 2000: Secretary of State Madeleine Albright became the highest ranking U.S. official to visit North Korea since the Korean War, meeting with leader Kim Jong-Il
October 24, 2003: The era of supersonic air transport came to an end as the last ever Concorde flights touched down at London’s Heathrow airport after 27 years of service
October 25, 1917: Russian Bolsheviks led by Lenin overthrew the moderate socialist government of Alexander Kerensky in the first Marxist revolution in history
October 26, 1977: The world’s last natural case of smallpox was recorded in Somalia. Vaccination wiped out the disease, which killed up to 500 million people in the 20th century alone
October 27, 1275: The city of Amsterdam was traditionally founded, after people living near the Amstel river built a bridge and dam across the river following two major floods
October 28, 1420: Beijing was officially designated as the capital of China’s Ming dynasty, in the same year that the Forbidden City, the seat of government, was completed