Unix Timestamp: 1002758400
Thursday, October 11. 2001, 12:00:00 AM UTC

The US Federal Bureau of Investigation and Drug Enforcement Administration claim to have disrupted an alleged terrorist plot to assassinate the Saudi Arabian ambassador and bombings of the Saudi and Israeli embassies in Washington DC with possible links to Iran. //abcnews.go.com/Blotter/us-iran-tied-terror-plot-washington-dc-disrupted/story?id=14711933 (ABC News) //www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-15266992 (BBC)

The Cabinet of Israel approves a prisoner swap deal with Hamas for the release of the Israeli Army soldier Gilad Shalit, who had been held in captivity for five years. In exchange, Israel agrees to release a thousand Palestinian prisoners held in Israel, among them hundreds of prisoners serving multiple life sentences for planning and perpetrating murderous attacks against Israeli civilians.//news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/world/2011-10/12/c_131185670.htm (Xinhuanet) //www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4134416,00.html (Ynet)

Turkey bombs Kurdish military targets in northern Iraq. //news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081011/ap_on_re_mi_ea/eu_turkey_kurds_ylt=AtuM5jQMWqrkI0hINB5utYNvaA8F (AP via Yahoo News ) //www.voanews.com/english/2008-10-10-voa9.cfm (Voice of America)

Former South African President Thabo Mbeki will mediate between the Movement for Democratic Change and Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe's government after Mugabe takes control of ministries that command the military and the police, an action that allegedly violates the power-sharing agreement reached last month. //news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20081011/wl_africa_afp/zimbabwepoliticssafricambeki_ylt=Ai37LfO4CjtzSNFMujnhJAi96Q8F (AFP via Yahoo News)

During the ALCS, after a series of tense moments, Pedro Martínez of the Boston Red Sox moved toward New York Yankees pitcher Roger Clemens resulting in a bench clearing brawl that included 74 year old Don Zimmer of the Yankees charging and being thrown to the ground by Martinez.

Myyrmanni bombing: A suicide bomber explodes at the Myyrmanni Shopping Mall in Vantaa, Finland, killing seven including the bomber.

U.S. plan to invade Iraq: The United States Senate voted to give war powers to President George W. Bush as part of the ongoing conflict between the United States and Iraq.

Myyrmanni bombing: A lone bomber explodes a home-made bomb in the Myyrmanni shopping mall north of Helsinki, Finland the casualties include himself.

United States embassy guards in Tel Aviv, Israel, stopped a suicide bomber from setting off a bomb in a crowded beachfront cafe.

of coal sludge spill in Martin County, Kentucky (considered a greater environmental disaster than the Exxon Valdez oil spill).

250 million US gallons ( of coal sludge spill in Martin County, Kentucky. Considered a greater environmental disaster than the Exxon Valdez oil spill.

The mixed martial arts organization PRIDE Fighting Chionships holds its inaugural event at the Tokyo Dome in Tokyo, Japan. In the main event Rickson Gracie defeats Nobuhiko Takada by armbar.

Greek legislative election, 1993: Andreas Papandreou begins his second term as Prime Minister of Greece.

October 28 ndash The UNMIH is prevented from entering Haiti. On October 18, economic sanctions (abolished in August) are reinstated.

The fifth summit of the Francophonie opens in Mauritius.

October 13 ndash The U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee interviews both Supreme Court candidate Clarence Thomas and former aide Anita Hill, who alleges that Thomas sexually harassed her while she worked for him.

The first National Coming Out Day is held in celebration of the second National March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay Rights.

Cold War: Ronald Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev meet in Reykjavík, Iceland, to continue discussions about scaling back their intermediate missile arsenals in Europe (the talks break down in failure).

Aboard the Space Shuttle "Challenger", astronaut Kathryn D. Sullivan becomes the first American woman to perform a space walk.

The "Mary Rose", flagship of Henry VIII of England that sank in 1545, is raised.

NBC airs the first episode of "Saturday Night Live" (George Carlin is the first host Billy Preston and Janis Ian the first musical guests).

The UK Labour government of Harold Wilson wins the second general election of the year, forming a three-seat majority. Wilson, who has led the party for a total of 11 years, has now won four of the five general elections he has contested.

Eleven French soldiers are killed in a shootout with rebels in Chad.

France and the Soviet Union sign a treaty for cooperation in nuclear research.

The infamous Columbus Day Storm strikes the U.S. Pacific Northwest with wind gusts up to 170 mph (270 km/h) 46 are killed, 11 billion board feet (26 million m³) of timber is blown down, with $230 million U.S. in damages.

Second Vatican Council: Pope John XXIII convenes the first ecumenical council of the Roman Catholic Church in 92 years.

Jazz bassist/composer Charles Mingus presents a disastrous concert at Town Hall in New York City. It will gain a reputation as the worst moment of his career.

Pioneer 1, the second and most successful of the 3 project Able space probes, becomes the first spacecraft launched by the newly formed NASA.

70-mm film for projection is introduced with the theatrical release of Rodgers and Hammerstein's musical film, "Oklahoma!"

In East Germany, the Communists win 99.7% of the vote.

The Federal Communications Commission issues the first license to broadcast television in color, to CBS (RCA will successfully dispute and block the license from taking effect, however).

The second Tacoma Narrows Bridge opens.

The Cleveland Indians defeat the Boston Braves to win the World Series, 4 games to 2.

WWII ndash Battle of Cape Esperance: On the northwest coast of Guadalcanal, United States Navy ships intercept and defeat a Japanese fleet on their way to reinforce troops on the island.

October 12 ndash Fire destroys a Firestone Tire Rubber Co. plant in Fall River, Massachusetts, consuming 15,850 tons of rubber and causing a setback to the United States war effort.No Sabotage Found in Firestone Blaze by FBI Men Making Probe. Fall River, Herald News, October 14, 1941, p.1 Apollonia,

Manhattan Project: U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt is presented a letter signed by Albert Einstein, urging the United States to rapidly develop the atomic bomb.

Earl Bascom, rodeo cowboy and artist, designs and builds Mississippi's first permanent rodeo arena at Columbia, Mississippi.

Puerto Rico earthquake: The city of Mayagüez and adjacent towns are nearly destroyed by a 7.5 earthquake and a tsunami.

A United States diplomatic crisis with Japan arises when the San Francisco public school board orders Japanese students to be taught in racially segregated schools.

The Second Boer War: In South Africa, a war between the United Kingdom and the Boers of the Transvaal and Orange Free State erupts.

In Michigan, the schooner "J.F. Warner" is lost at Thunder Bay.ref name=boats90/

The Delta Chi Fraternity is founded by 11 law students at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York.

In Washington, D.C., the Daughters of the American Revolution is founded.

Red River Rebellion against British forces in Canada.ref name=CBH

Paul Bogle leads hundreds of black men and women in a march in Jamaica, starting the Morant Bay rebellion.

American Civil War: In the aftermath of the Battle of Antietam, Confederate General J.E.B. Stuart and his men loot Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, during a raid into the North.

Inventor John Stevens' boat, the "Juliana", begins operation as the first steam-powered ferry service, between New York City and Hoboken, New Jersey.

Along the Natchez Trace in Tennessee, explorer Meriwether Lewis dies under mysterious circumstances at an inn called Grinder's Stand.

American Revolution: Battle of Valcour Island: On Lake Chlain near Valcour Island, a British fleet led by Sir Guy Carleton defeats 15 American gunboats commanded by Brigadier General Benedict Arnold. Although nearly all of Arnold's ships are destroyed, the two day-long battle will give Patriot forces enough time to prepare defenses of New York City.

Coronation of George II of Great Britain. Handel's Coronation Anthems are composed for the event, including "Zadok the Priest" which has been played at every subsequent Coronation of the British monarch.ref name=Cassell's Chronology/

William Penn publishes his proposal for European federation, "Essay on the Present and Future Peace of Europe".ref name=CBH/

The "Academia operosorum Labacensis" is established in Ljubljana, Slovenia.

John Locke publishes his influential book "Some Thoughts Concerning Education".

Charleroi falls to French forces.

China concentrates all its foreign trade on Canton European ships are forbidden to land anywhere else.

October ndash William Congreve's comedy "The Double-Dealer" is first performed at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, London.ref name=McGHEWD

The Knights of the Apocalypse are formed in Italy.

Financier Richard Hoare relocates Hoare\\'s Bank (founded 1672) from Cheapside to Fleet Street in London.

A religious schism takes place in Switzerland within a group of Swiss and AlsatianAnabaptists led by Jakob Ammann. Those who follow Ammann become the Mennonite Amish sect.

English Civil War: Re-fortification of Bourne Castle in Lincolnshire against a threatened Royalist attack begins.

The Solar cycle enters the 70-year Maunder Minimum during which sunspots will be rare.

The Stolberg-Wernigerode branch of the family of the counts of Stolberg and Wernigerode is founded in Germany.

Bamana forces from Ségou invade the Mali heartland, destroying the Mali Empire after its 400 years as a unified state.

Wallpaper begins to replace tapestries as a wall decoration.

October 12 ndash The Burchardi flood (also known as the second Grote Mandrenke) strikes the North Sea coast of Germany and Denmark, causing 8,000ndash12,000 deaths.

Adriaen Block and a group of Amsterdam merchants petition the States General for exclusive trading rights in the area he explored and named New Netherland.

Battle of Kappel: The forces of Zürich are defeated by the Catholic cantons. Huldrych Zwingli, the Swiss religious reformer, is killed.

Several members of the first voyage of Christopher Columbus witness an unusual light.

Conrad III of Germany becomes Holy Roman Emperor.

A castle in Scotland successfully defeats a siege despite being held by only nine knights.

First mention of the consuls of Florence, indicating that the city has become an independent and self-govern commune.

Bavaria is taken away from the Welfen Duke Henry the Proud and given to the Austrian Margrave Leopold IV.

The earldom of Pembroke, created for Gilbert de Clare, is the first earldom created by the Norman kings within the borders of Wales.

A deadly earthquake in Aleppo, Syria kills about 230,000 people. See 1138 Aleppo earthquake.

The Pantheon in Rome is converted into a church.

Construction begins on the Hōryū-jiBuddhist temple in Ikaruga, near Nara.

Thomas I is appointed Patriarch of Constantinople.