On November 8th, 1965, the British Indian Ocean Territory was formed.

On November 7th, 1665, the London Gazette -- the oldest surviving journal -- was first published.

On November 6th, 1861, Jefferson Davis was elected President of the Confederate States of America.

On November 5th, 1872, Susan B. Anthony voted for the first time -- she was later fined $100.

On November 4th, 1955, the rebuilt Vienna State Opera reopened after being destroyed during World War II.

On November 3rd, 1783, the Continental Army was disbanded.

On November 2nd, 1948, President Truman defeated Dewey in the Presidential election.

On November 1st, 1870, the National Weather Service made its first official meteorological forecast.

On October 31st, 1892, Arthur Conan Doyle's "The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes" was first published.

On October 30th, 1938, Orson Welles broadcast "The War of the Worlds," causing a national panic.

On October 29th, 1886, the ticker-tape parade first took place in New York City.

On October 28th, 1919, prohibition began in the United States.

On October 27th, 1904, the first New York City Subway line opened.

On October 26th, 1825, the Erie Canal opened.

On October 25th, 1828, the St. Katharine Docks opened in London.

On October 24th, 1929, "Black Thursday" marked the beginning of the Wall Street Crash of 1929.

On October 23rd, 2001, the iPod was released on the market in the United States.

On October 22nd, 1964, Jean-Paul Sartre was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature; he turned it down.

On October 21st, 1959, the Guggenheim Museum opened in New York.

On October 20th, 1910, the RMS Olympic -- sister ship to the Titanic -- was launched.