OCTOBER 31 - 334 BC. No one is quite sure how this whole thing happened. The new king of Macedon is some 20-something hothead named...

October 30, 1831. A local militiaman finds a notorious fugitive hiding in a hole in the ground. The fugitive is brought to trial six days...

October 29, 1918. Kaiser Wilhelm’s German Empire is losing World War I and is on the brink of collapse. One last order is transmitted to...

October 28, 312 AD. The Romans are in the middle of a civil war to determine who will rule the Empire, drink. But something is different...

October 27. 425 BC. Athens and Sparta are at war, a great conflict between Greek brother cities as the Persians watch with a bowlful of...

October 26, 1597. An army of Japanese samurai has invaded Korea, and their gigantic fleet is moving up the coast to finally overwhelm...

October 25, 1854. Someone has screwed up. Miscommunication, distrust and incompetence have combined to send Britain’s only light cavalry...

October 24, 1648. After thirty years of terrible, chaotic war across the European continent, the representatives of almost 92 different...

October 23, 1944. MacArthur has returned. The United States has launched its great operation to retake the Philippines, with the Army...

October 22, 1962. Usually my posts are about something that happened, but today’s post is about something that DIDN’T happen. The biggest...

October 21, 1805. The French and Spanish fleet moves out at full sail. Lord Nelson’s ships are outnumbered, but he knows that this will...

October 20, 1935. The year-long fighting retreat is over. The Communist forces in central China have been totally defeated and driven...

October 19, 1864. The Civil War is months away from its end. Union General Philip Sheridan’s army has seemingly driven the Confederates...

October 18, 1813. For almost twenty years, the continent of Europe has been terrified of Napoleon Bonaparte, the military genius that...

October 17, 1781. It’s time for flashbacks to your high school history class. On this date, General Charles Cornwallis sends a flag of...

October 16, 690 A.D. A new Emperor ascends to the throne in China. No one cares, right? Well, prepare to care. HER name is Wu Zetian, the...

October 15, 1965. At a protest against the Vietnam War, David J. Miller of the Catholic Worker Movement publicly burns his draft card....

October 14, 1806. The Prussian generals were pretty confident about beating the French, until the Emperor Napoleon and his Grande Armee...

October 13, 1066. It is the night before the battle. The Duke of Normandy, known to all (though not to his face) as William the Bastard,...

October 12. 431 BC. Once they stood together against the Great King of Persia. King Leonidas had died fighting at Thermopylae, while...