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

25 Oct 1944: The first #Japanese kamikaze units attack the U.S. fleet. The first major warship said to be sunk by a #kamikaze was the USS St. Lo at the Battle of Leyte Gulf. #History #WW2 #WWII #OTD #ad amzn.to/3vIWrTz

25 Oct 1964: The Rolling Stones appear on the Ed #Sullivan Show for the first time, as the #British music #invasion of the U.S. continues. The group sang “Time is on My Side.” #OTD #TheRollingStones #rocknroll #History #OTD #ad amzn.to/34qCJzR

25 Oct 1854: #British cavalry led by Lord Cardigan charge #Russian forces at the Battle of #Balaclava during the #Crimean War, known as the Charge of the Light Brigade. It was the subject of Alfred, Lord #Tennyson's poem "The Charge of the Light Brigade". #History #OTD #ad amzn.to/2HvSZ9Z

25 Oct 1147: King Afonso Henriques leads his troops and retakes Lisbon, Portugal from the #Islamic Moorish kingdom the #Taifa of Badajoz. The #Moors agreed to #surrender the city on October 21. #History #OTD #ad amzn.to/35uFiQv

24 Oct 1951: President Harry S. #Truman signs a proclamation officially ending the state of war between the United States and Germany more than six years after Germany unconditionally surrendered to the allies, ending World War II in Europe. #WW2 #WWII #OTD #History #ad amzn.to/2HsWcam

24 Oct 1964: Northern #Rhodesia obtains #independence from the United Kingdom, becoming the Republic of Zambia. Interestingly, #Zambia began the 1964 Summer #Olympics in #Tokyo as Northern Rhodesia but changed their name and flag to Zambia in the middle of the games. Now, that’s the first time that happened! #History #OTD #ad amzn.to/3THad3C

24 Oct 1972: Brooklyn #Dodgers great Jackie Robinson, who is credited as the first African-American #baseball player, dies at the age of 53 in Stamford, #Connecticut. #History #RIP #HOF #OTD #ad amzn.to/3of7VtA

24 Oct 1940: During World War II, the #Italian Air Corps sees its first action. It occurs at the Battle of #Britain. #History #Italy #Airforce #WWII #WW2 #OTD #ad amzn.to/37Cr96C

24 Oct 1944: #French auto company founder Louis #Renault dies. He was awaiting trial on charges of industrial collaboration with Nazi Germany during World War II at the time of this death. #WWII #History #OTD #ad amzn.to/2Tii9eD

24 Oct 1857: #Sheffield F.C. is founded in Sheffield, England. It is the world's oldest association #soccer club still in operation. #football #footballclub #History #OTD #ad amzn.to/3Dn6bIz