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This Weekend In History…..
San Francisco Earthquake of 1989…… October 17, 1989……. The opening of the World Series in San Francisco is interrupted by an earthquake measuring 7.1 on the Richter scale. An Oakland freeway collapsed killing 42 people. In all, the damage was $10 billion with 67 people killed. Pigeon Saves 1,000 Lives….. October 18, 1943…… During World…
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Nuremberg Trials Executions…… October 16, 1946…… Ten of the 12 former Nazi leaders who had been sentenced to death are hanged. Hermann Göring committed suicide the night before and Martin Bormann, who was convicted in absentia, had died the previous year.
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Mata Hari Executed…… October 15, 1917…… The world’s most famous spy, Mata Hari, is executed. She had been convicted of spying for Germany during World War I and executed by firing squad in France. She refused a blindfold and blew a kiss to the firing squad before her execution.
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Martin Luther King Awarded the Nobel Prize….. October 14, 1964…… The black civil-rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr. is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.