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MONDAY, OCTOBER 14, 2019

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  • Published Oct 13, 2019 5:10 pm KST
  • Updated Oct 13, 2019 5:10 pm KST

1586 ― Mary Queen of Scots goes on trial for conspiracy against Elizabeth

1843 ― British arrest Irish nationalist Daniel O'Connell for conspiracy

1867 ― 15th & last Tokugawa Shogun resigns in Japan

1912 ― Bull Moose Teddy Roosevelt shot while campaigning in Milwaukee

1933 ― Nazi Germany announces withdrawal from League of Nations

1944 ― German Field Marshal Erwin Rommel commits suicide rather than face trial for his part in an attempt to overthrow Hitler

1949 ― 14 U.S. Communist Party leaders convicted of sedition

1960 ― Peace Corps first suggested by JFK

1964 ― Martin Luther King Jr wins Nobel Peace Prize

1980 ― Bob Marley's last concert

1982 ― 6,000 Unification church couples wed in Korea

1986 ― Concentration camp survivor Elie Wiesel wins Nobel Peace Prize

1986 ― The IOC decides to stagger the Winter & Summer Olympic schedule

1990 ― Jeff Goldblum & wife Geena Davis file for divorce