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Monday, October 12, 2026
This Day In History
October 11, 2002
On October 11, 2002, former President Jimmy Carter wins the Nobel Peace Prize “for his decades of untiring effort to find peaceful solutions to international conflicts, to advance democracy and human rights, and to promote economic and social development.”
Taken from: https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/october-11/jimmy-carter-wins-nobel-prize
This Day In History
October 10, 1767
On October 10, 1767, Charles Mason and Jeremiah Dixon complete their survey of the boundary between the colonies of Pennsylvania and Maryland as well as areas that would eventually become the states of Delaware and West Virginia. The Penn and Calvert families had hired Mason and Dixon, English surveyors, to settle their dispute over the boundary between their two proprietary colonies, Pennsylvania and Maryland.
Taken from: https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/october-10/mason-and-dixon-draw-a-line
This Day In History
October 9, 1974
German businessman Oskar Schindler, credited with saving 1,200 Jews from the Holocaust, dies at the age of 66.
Taken from: https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/october-9/oskar-schindler-dies
Wednesday, October 7, 2026
This Day In History
October 8, 1871
On October 8, 1871, flames spark in the Chicago barn of Patrick and Catherine O’Leary, igniting a two-day blaze that kills between 200 and 300 people, destroys 17,450 buildings, leaves 100,000 homeless and causes an estimated $200 million in damages (more than $5.4 billion in 2026).
Taken from: https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/october-8/great-chicago-fire-begins
Tuesday, October 6, 2026
This Day In History
October 7, 2003
On October 7, 2003, actor Arnold Schwarzenegger is elected governor of California, the most populous state in the nation with the world’s fifth-largest economy. Despite his inexperience, Schwarzenegger came out on top in the 11-week campaign to replace Gray Davis, who had earlier become the first United States governor to be recalled by the people since 1921. Schwarzenegger was one of 135 candidates on the ballot, which included career politicians, other actors and one adult-film star.
Taken from: https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/october-7/arnold-schwarzenegger-becomes-california-governor
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