On this episode :
12 SEPT 1951 : Sugar Ray Robinson Wins Back His Belt
15 SEPT 1896 : Crash at Crush
16 SEPT 1920 : Wall Street Bombing
19 SEPT 1995 : Unabomber Manifesto Published
21 SEPT 1792 : The French Monarchy is Abolished
23 SEPT 1906 : Atlanta Race Riot
26 SEPT 1933 : Machine Gun Kelly Surrenders to the FBI
01 OCT 2017 : Las Vegas Strip Massacre
03 OCT 1993 : The Battle of Mogadishu
04 OCT 1983 : Richard Noble Sets the Land Speed Record
05 OCT 1982 : Poison Tylenol Murders
11 OCT 1975 : SNL Debuts
14 OCT 1994 : Pulp Fiction Debuts
17 OCT 2017 : The Death of Gord Downie
24 OCT 1901 : Schoolteacher Goes Over Niagara Falls in a Barrel
27 OCT 1988 : Ronald Reagan Orders Destruction of the American Embassy in Russian
31 OCT 1926 : The Death of Harry Houdini
01 NOV 1984 : Ozzy Osbourne Fan Dies By Suicide
02 NOV 1947 : The Spruce Goose Takes Flight
06 NOV 1928 : The Death of Arnold Rothstein
07 NOV 1885 : The Final Spike is Driven into the Canadian Transcontinental Railway
08 NOV 1939 : Adolf Hitler Escapes Assassination Attempt
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