1813: Chilpancingo congress declares Mexico independent of Spain
1860: Republican Abraham Lincoln of Illinois elected the 16th President of the United States of America
1913: Mahatma Gandhi arrested for leading Indian miners’ march in South Africa
1917: [OS Oct 24] Bolshevik revolution begins with bombardment of the Winter Palace in Petrograd during the Russian October Revolution
1978: Shah of Iran Mohammad Reza Pahlavi places the country under military rule; General Gholām Reza Azhāri forms government
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