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October 30

1601: Anglo-Spanish War: Spanish forces fail to retake Jamaica at the Battle of Ocho Rios.
1831: Nat Turner is arrested for leading the bloodiest slave rebellion in United States history.
1938: The War of the Worlds radio broadcast panicked millions of Americans.
1990: For the first time since the Ice Age, Great Britain was connected with the European continent, via a new rail tunnel under the English Channel.

October 31

1517: Protestant Reformation: Martin Luther publishes his Ninety-Five Theses in Wittenberg, Germany.
1864: Nevada is admitted as the 36th U.S. state.
1941: The United States destroyer USS Reuben James is sunk by a German U-boat, the first U.S. warship to be lost in World War II.

November 1

1755: Lisbon earthquake: A massive earthquake and subsequent tsunami strike Lisbon, Portugal, killing an estimated 60,000 people.
1814: Congress of Vienna begins, a meeting of European powers to reorganize the continent after the Napoleonic Wars.
1952: United States detonates the first hydrogen bomb, codenamed Ivy Mike.

November 2

1765: The Stamp Act is passed by the British Parliament, imposing a tax on all printed materials in the American colonies.
1917: British Declaration of Balfour pledges British support for the establishment of a Jewish homeland in Palestine.

November 3

1848: First Anglo-Sikh War: Battle of Ramnagar: British forces defeat Sikh forces in Punjab, India.
1918: Austria-Hungary is dissolved into its constituent parts.
1954: Viet Minh forces defeat French forces at the Battle of Dien Bien Phu, leading to the end of French colonial rule in Indochina.
1964: President Lyndon B. Johnson defeats Republican challenger Barry Goldwater in a landslide election.

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