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Completion of the Burma Railway 17th October 1943 The Burma Railway, also known as the Death Railway, is a 415 kilometres railway between Bangkok, Thailand, and Rangoon, Burma, built by the Empire of Japan during World War II, to support its forces in… Read more...
1999 Pakistani coup d'état 12th October 1999 On 12th October 1999, Pakistani army launched a coup, and took control of the country. The coup was led by General Pervez Musharraf, who soon after appointed himself as the Chief Executive of the country.… Read more...
End of the Battle of Loos 13th October 1915 The final attempted British offensive for Hohenzollern Redoubt fails, marking the end of the Battle of Loos. Read more...
Napoleon begins exile on Saint Helena 15th October 1815 Napoleon was imprisoned and then exiled by the British to the island of Saint Helena from 15 October 1815. Before Napoleon moved to Longwood House in November 1815, he lived in a pavilion on the… Read more...
Second Battle of El Alamein 23rd October 1942 At El Alamein in northern Egypt, the British Eighth Army under Field Marshal Montgomery begin a critical offensive to expel the Axis armies from Egypt, never to return. Read more...
Battle of Hastings 1066 14th October 1066 On October 14, 1066, Harold Godwinson led 5,000 men to battle and his own ultimate death as they battled against a Norman force of up to 15,000 infantry, cavalry and archers at, what is now… Read more...
