2nd October 1766: Nottingham Cheese Riot takes place at the city’s Goose Fair, triggered by rising food prices
Clashes between troops and rioters during the Nottingham Cheese Riot led to one man being killed while the mayor himself was knocked down by a rolling cheese ...
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1st October 1928: The USSR introduces the first five-year plan under Joseph Stalin
Although the targets were constantly revised to the point where they could never be achieved, the first five-year plan firmly set the USSR on the road to becoming a world ...
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30th September 737: Umayyad Caliphate defeated in the Battle of the Baggage
The Battle of the Baggage saw the defeat of an army from the powerful Umayyad Caliphate by Turgesh ...
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29th September 1916: John D. Rockefeller becomes the first billionaire according to newspapers in the USA
Rockefeller held shares in numerous companies after the breakup of Standard Oil, and as their value increased his wealth was reported to have surpassed $1 ...
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28th September 1066: William of Normandy lands in England
William, duke of Normandy, landed in England to begin the Norman ...
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27th September 1908: First Model T Ford automobile rolls out of the Piquette Avenue factory in Detroit
The Model T was enormously successful, and at one point half of all automobiles on the road were not just Ford cars but Model ...
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26th September 1687: An explosion rips through the Parthenon in Athens while it’s being used as a gunpowder magazine
A mortar shell fired by Venetian troops at their Ottoman enemy struck the Parthenon directly, igniting the powder stored ...
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25th September 1513: Spanish explorer Vasco Núñez de Balboa becomes the first European to reach the Pacific Ocean from the New World
Balboa's journey involved battling with native tribes and forging a way through thick jungle, before reaching the mountain range along the Chucunaque River from where he first saw the Pacific Ocean on the morning of 25 ...
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