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It happened on October 4th: in 1957, the USSR launched Sputnik 1, the first artificial satellite in history, and opened the space age.

November 4, 202608:50BY Jerome Goulon

It happened on November 3rd: in 1957, the dog Laika became the first living being placed in orbit, sacrificed for the glory of the USSR.

It happened on November 2nd: in 1979, Jacques Mesrine was riddled with bullets by the police in the heart of Paris.

SPECIAL ALL SAINTS' DAY REPORT: Even in death, these historical figures, exhumed, tried, hanged, or mutilated after their passing, did not find peace.

It happened on October 31st: in 1999, an EgyptAir Boeing plunged into the Atlantic, killing 217 people, with the co-pilot suspected.

It happened on October 29th: in 1929, Wall Street collapsed and plunged the world into the Great Depression

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It happened on October 28th: in 1962, de Gaulle offered the French the choice of their president by direct universal suffrage.

October 28th 202615:00BY Jerome Goulon

It happened on October 28th: 140 years ago, the Statue of Liberty, a gift from France to the United States, was inaugurated in New York.

October 28th 202606:00BY Jerome Goulon

It happened on October 27th: in 2005, the death of Zyed and Bouna, the tragedy that triggered three weeks of riots across France

October 27th 202606:00BY Jerome Goulon

It happened on October 22nd: in 1941, 17-year-old Guy Môquet was shot by the Nazis after being arrested by the French police.

October 22th 202606:00BY Jerome Goulon

Dutch windmills: these historical giants that allowed the Netherlands to reclaim land from the sea

October 21th 202617:22BY News Service

It happened on October 21st: in 1945, French women voted for the first time in the legislative elections.

October 21th 202606:00BY Jerome Goulon

It happened on October 20th: in 1973, Richard Nixon tried to suppress Watergate by firing the prosecutor investigating him.

October 20th 202608:00BY Jerome Goulon

It happened on October 17th: in 1961, Algerians were massacred in Paris during a bloody police crackdown.

October 17th 202609:10BY Jerome Goulon

It happened on October 16th: in 1793, Marie Antoinette was guillotined in Paris, 9 months after Louis XVI

October 16th 202606:00BY Jerome Goulon

It happened on October 14th: in 1912, Theodore Roosevelt was shot in the chest and still delivered his speech

October 14th 202606:05BY Jerome Goulon

It happened on October 13th: the Andes crash, 72 days of hell and the unthinkable recourse to cannibalism

October 13th 202606:00BY Jerome Goulon

INTERVIEW FEATURE – These French kings who died in absurd circumstances: stabbed in his toilet, skull smashed against a door, starved to death for fear of being poisoned…

October 11th 202606:00BY Jerome Goulon

It happened on October 4th: in 1958, the Fifth Republic was born in France

October 4th 202607:30BY Jerome Goulon

It happened on October 3rd: in 1990, Germany reunified less than a year after the fall of the Berlin Wall.

October 3th 202615:00BY Jerome Goulon

It was October 1st: 80 years ago to the day, the Nuremberg trials delivered their verdict, with 12 high-ranking Nazi officials sentenced to death.

October 1th 202606:40BY Jerome Goulon

The roundup at the Old Port in Marseille recognized as a crime against humanity

September 30, 2026 15:36BY News Service

Corsica: From Antiquity to the debates on autonomy, the unique history of a Mediterranean island

September 26, 2026 18:07BY Noe Tifault

Death of Geli Raubal: New archives undermine Adolf Hitler's alibi in 1931

September 23, 2026 16:56BY News Service