27 Oct 1954: General Benjamin O. Davis, Jr., born in Washington, D.C., becomes the first African-American general in the U.S. Air Force. During World War II, he commanded the famed #Tuskegee Airmen, whose fighter #pilots escorted American bombers on missions over Europe. Davis later became the first African-American four-star general in the U.S. Air Force in 1998. #History #first #airforce #OTD #History #ad amzn.to/3mmCMTe

27 Oct 1838: #Missouri Governor Lilburn #Boggs issues the #Extermination Order, ordering all #Mormons to leave or be exterminated. The order was issued after the Battle of Crooked River, during the 1838 Mormon War. #History #OTD #ad amzn.to/2TlWLVR

27 Oct 939: The first #King of England, Athelstan, dies. He never married nor had children so his half #brother Edmund I succeeded him. He was also King of the Anglo-Saxons from 924 to 927. #History #BritishHistory #OTD #ad amzn.to/3dU9tEJ

26 Oct 1952: Hattie McDaniel, the first African-American #actress to win an Oscar, dies of breast cancer at the age of 59. She won an Oscar for her role in the #movie Gone with the Wind. #GonewiththeWind #Hollywood #History #OTD #ad amzn.to/2TqAlmq

26 Oct 1947: Former #Democratic presidential candidate, Secretary of State, U.S. #Senator and First Lady Hillary Rodham #Clinton is born in Chicago, Illinois. #OTD #History #ad amzn.to/2HwGlqU

26 Oct 1916: #French President Francois #Mitterrand is born in Jarnac, France. As a socialist, he was the first politician from the left elected #President of France under the Fifth Republic. He died on January 8, 1996 at the age of 79. #History #OTD #ad amzn.to/35qbjZW

26 Oct 1917: Brazil, the only #Latin American country directly involved in World War I, declares war on the Central Powers after Brazilian merchant ships are sunk by German submarines. #WWI #Brazil #History #OTD #ad amzn.to/37BUUEJ

26 Oct 2005: Major League Baseball's #Chicago White Sox sweep the #Houston Astros 4 games to none to win the team's first World Series title since 1917. The White Sox have won three World Series, in 2005, 1917 and 1906. #History #MLB #baseball #WorldSeries #astros #WhiteSox #ad amzn.to/4mYcAx7

26 Oct 1944: During World War II, the Battle of #Leyte Gulf ends with a decisive victory for the U.S. At the end of the battle the Japanese fleet effectively ceased to exist. #History #OTD #WW2 #WWII #ad amzn.to/3vKnYns

26 Oct 1881: The (in)famous Gunfight at the O.K. Corral, which lasted ~30 seconds, occurs in Tombstone, #Arizona Territory. The #gunfight included lawmen Doc Holliday and the Earp brothers (Wyatt, Virgil and Morgan), and a gang of #cattle rustlers and #horse thieves called the #Cochise County #Cowboys led by Ike Clanton. It has become one of the most mythologized events of the #American West. #OTD #History #ad amzn.to/4opSWeM

26 Oct 1917: At the Battle of #Caporetto during World War I, a young, unknown Oberleutnant, Erwin Rommel, who would become a Field Marshall during World War II, captures Mount #Matajur with only 100 Germans against a force of over 7,000 Italians. #WWI #History #OTD #ad amzn.to/3oouDj2

26 Oct 1912: Ottoman-occupied #Thessaloniki is liberated and unified with #Greece on the feast day of its patron #Saint Demetrius, during the First #Balkan War. #History #OTD #ad amzn.to/3osndvl

26 Oct 1597: Korean #Admiral Yi Sun-sin defeats the #Japanese 300 ship #navy with only 13 ships at the Battle of #Myeongnyang during the #Imjin War. #OTD #History #ad amzn.to/3dYdmZ2

25 Oct 1913: #Gestapo and SS leader Nikolaus "Klaus" #Barbie is born in Godesberg, Germany. Known as the #Butcher of Lyon, he was extradited, tried for war #crimes and eventually died in prison on September 23, 1991 in Lyon, France. #WWII #warcrimes #History #OTD #ad amzn.to/3VRJqn5

25 Oct 1955: The Allies occupation of #Austria after World War II ends. Austria was subdivided like #Germany into four zones: U.S., #Soviet Union, #British and French. #WWII #WW2 #History #OTD #ad amzn.to/2WUtymP

25 Oct 1415: King Henry V's army, mostly archers, defeats the vastly numerically superior Armagnac-French #cavalry in the Battle of #Agincourt on Saint Crispin's Day in an important victory for the English during the Hundred Years’ War. Henry would be recognized as the successor to France's King Charles VI under the Treaty of Troyes.  #StCrispinsDay #History #OTD #ad amzn.to/3js0Cv4

25 Oct 1881: Spanish #painter, artist, #poet and playwright Pablo #Picasso is born in #Malaga, #Spain. He died in 1973 in Mougins, France. Most of his life was spent in France. #History #OTD #ad amzn.to/2Hthkgi

25 Oct 1962: American author John #Steinbeck was awarded the #Nobel Prize for Literature “for his realistic and imaginative writings, combining as they do sympathetic humour and keen social perception.” #History #OTD #books #ad amzn.to/3opNb2f

25 Oct 1962: During the #Cuban Missile Crisis, Adlai Stevenson shows aerial photos of Cuban missiles to the United Nations after #Soviet Premier Nikita #Khrushchev told President John #Kennedy there were no offensive #missiles in Cuba. #ColdWar #OTD #History #ad amzn.to/35qorym

25 Oct 20202: #Mercedes Formula 1 driver Lewis Hamilton becomes the winningest driver in F1 history after winning his 92 race, which he did at the Portuguese Grand Prix. Michael #Schumacher had held the title at 91 wins. #History #OTD #FormulaOne #F1 #ad amzn.to/443Wybv