1862 - American Civil War: Battle of Perryville - Union forces under General Don Carlos Buell halt the Confederate invasion of KentuckyCommonwealth of Kentucky ( In Detail) (Full size) State nickname: Bluegrass State Other U. States Capital Frankfort Largest City Louisville Governor Ernie Fletcher Area Total Land Water % water Ranked 37th 104,749 kmē 102,989 kmē 1,760 kmē 1. 7% Populatio by defeating troops led by General Braxton BraggGeneral Braxton Bragg ( March 22 1817- 1876) was a general in the Confederate army during the American Civil War. Bragg was born in Warren County, North Carolina, and was educated at the United States Military Academy. He served in the Second Seminole War at Perryville, KentuckyPerryville is a city located in Boyle County, Kentucky. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 763. History In October, 1862, the fields west of town were the site of the Battle of Perryville, an important encounter in the American Civi.
1871Events January January 18 The member-states of the North German Confederation unite into a single nation-state known as the German Empire. The King of Prussia is declared the first German Emperor as Wilhelm I of Germany. January 28 France surrenders to en - The Great Chicago FireThe Great Chicago Fire took place October 8 October 10, 1871, in Chicago, Illinois. Harper's Weekly Despite a well known legend that the Great Chicago Fire was started by a cow kicking over a lantern in the barn owned by Mrs. O'Leary on DeKoven Street, hi, Chicago burns 1,200,000 acres (4,900 kmē) in one day, eventually destroying about 17,450 buildings, kills about 250 people and leaves another 90,000 homeless.
1871 - In WisconsinOne of the periods of glaciation was also termed the Wisconsin glaciation. Wisconsin is the 23rd largest state of the United States, (54,314 square miles) and 18th greatest population (5,453,896 as of 2002). The state's name is an English version of a Fre, USA, a forest fire starts to burn across six counties, eventually killing over 1,100 people.
1962 - Spiegel scandal: Der Spiegel publishes the article "Bedingt abwehrbereit" ("Conditionally prepared for defense") about a NATO manoeuver called "Fallex 62", which uncovered the sorry state of the Bundeswehr (Germany's army) facing the communist threat from the east at the time. The magazine was soon accused of treason.
1970 - Vietnam War: In Paris, a Communist delegation rejects US President Richard Nixon's October 7 peace proposal as "a maneuver to deceive world opinion."
2001 - American radio talk show host, Rush Limbaugh announces to his listeners that he is completely deaf in his left ear and only has partial hearing in his right ear.
