A security guard sets fire to the Universal Studios backlot - November 6th, 1990
The Chicago Tribune mistakenly declares “Dewey Defeats Truman” - November 3rd, 1948
The first computer worm is released onto the Internet - November 2nd, 1988
Canadian goalie Jacques Plante dons the first hockey mask - November 1st, 1959
German farmer Peter Stumpp is executed for being a werewolf - October 31st, 1589
"Garfield’s Halloween Adventure" debuts on CBS - October 30th, 1985
"Godzilla" premieres in Nagoya, Japan - October 27th, 1954
Guided tours of the former prison at Alcatraz begin - October 26th, 1973
Japan deploys kamikaze bombers for the first time - October 25th, 1944
A Spanish soldier is allegedly teleported from Manila to Mexico - October 24th, 1593
Notorious mobster Dutch Schultz is gunned down at the Palace Chop House - October 23rd, 1935
Dick Fosbury flops his way to Olympic victory - October 20th, 1968
The first Blockbuster video rental store opens - October 19th, 1985
The U.S. takes control of Puerto Rico - October 18th, 1898
Burma's "Death Railway" is completed - October 17th, 1943
The Cardiff Giant is "discovered" - October 16th, 1869
James Wallace Black takes the oldest surviving aerial photograph - October 13th, 1860
"The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy" is published - October 12th, 1979
Jamaican preacher Paul Bogle leads the Morant Bay Rebellion - October 11th, 1865
John Wesley Hyatt patents a new kind of billiard ball - October 10th, 1865
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