"The dance is a poem of which each movement is a word." ― Mata Hari a Dutch dancer, is executed by firing squad for spying for Germany, 15 October 1917.

#OTD 14 October on 1933 - #Nazi Germany withdraws from the League of Nations and World Disarmament Conference.

Drawing of the trial of Mary, Queen of Scots, held between 14 and 15 October 1586. #OTD

#OTD 15 October 1964. #Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev was removed from power.

First British Union of Fascists rally, Trafalgar Square, London, #OTD 15 October, 1932.

John Kennedy Jr. playing in the Oval Office at the White House, Washington, DC, #OTD October 15, 1963.

#OTD October 15, 1492, three days after Christopher Columbus and his crew landed on one of the Bahamas islands, the American Indians offered Columbus a bundle of dry tobacco leaves. It was the first time a European had seen tobacco.

The Himalayas seen from 130 nautical miles up in #space during the Apollo 7 mission, #OTD October 15, 1968.

#OTD 15 October 1793, Marie-Antoinette is declared guilty of depletion of the national treasury, conspiracy against the internal and external security of France and high treason. Her execution is scheduled for the following day.

Dione in front of Saturn; a color-composite made from image data captured by Cassini Saturn #OTD October 11, 2005.

#OTD 11 October 1933: In Thailand, Prince Boworadet launches a rebellion to restore absolute monarchy. He is defeated after two weeks of fighting.

#OTD 11 October 1962, The Beatles made their first appearance on the UK singles chart with 'Love Me Do' which peaked at No. 4 on the chart.

#OTD 11 October 1915. English nurse Edith Cavell was sentenced to death in Belgium by German military court for 'treason'

First Commercial Wireless Phone Call Made #OTD October 13, 1983.

This photo was taken #OTD 16 October 1940. It shows a family with their belongings on a hand cart after their London home was bombed. #WWII

#DictionaryDay is observed annually #OTD October 16.

General Pinochet arrested in London #OTD 16 October 1998, on a warrant from Spain seeking extradition on murder charges.

#OTD 16 October 1793 - Marie Antoinette, Queen of France, beheaded at 37. -Marie Antoinette’s last words as she climbed onto the guillotine platform were “Pardon me sir, I meant not to do it” after accidentally stepping on her executioner’s foot.

The Cardiff Giant, a 10-foot-tall purported “petrified man” was first uncovered #OTD October 16, 1869.

#OTD October 16, 1941 #WWII #Ukrainian Jews who were forced to undress before they were massacred by Einsatzgruppe detachments.