Oct. 21 1837: 75 Seminole chiefs captured and imprisoned by U.S. during peace talks under a flag of truce, Fort Payton, Florida. 1967: 700 arrested, dozens injured as 100,000 encircle Pentagon protesting Vietnam War. 1983: In first public action of the new Seattle Nonviolent Action Group (SNAG), 12 people blockade Boeing Cruise Missile plant in Kent all day. None are arrested.

Oct. 22 1861: First transcontinental telegraph line in operation. 1951: 5,000 U.S. soldiers exposed to radiation by above-ground nuclear weapons test, Nevada. 1962: U.S. blockade of Cuba imposed in response to planned Cuban installation of Soviet missiles. 1963: More than 200,000 students boycott schools in Chicago, protesting de facto segregation. 1968: Over 300,000 protesters mark International Antiwar Day in Japan. 1972: U.S. Navy charges 22 black seamen, but no whites, in conjunction with interracial fighting aboard the U.S.S. Kitty Hawk. 1983: Capping a week of protests, over 2 million people in 6 European cities march against U.S. deployment of cruise and Pershing nuclear missiles. 1988: Lubicon Lake Cree reach preliminary agreement with Canadian provincial government to settle long-standing land claim. Unfortunately, clearcut logging (and oil drilling) which the agreement was designed to stop, continues with provincial approval.

Oct. 23 1956: Hungarian revolution begins; "security" forces shoot unarmed demonstrators, Budapest. 1975: The Federal Trade Commission criticizes the Bureau of Indian Affairs' failure to live up to its trust responsibility when negotiating energy contracts.

Oct. 24 1648: Thirty Years' War (but who's counting?) ends with the Peace of Westphalia. 1882: Federal Grand Jury in Arizona charges civil authorities with mismanagement of Indian Affairs on San Carlos Reservation. 1940: The 40-hour work week goes into effect under the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938. 1945: United Nations charter comes into effect. 1968: Yavapai tribe in Arizona wins $5 million settlement for 9 million acres taken in 1874.

Oct. 25 1784: Crown representative in Canada gives Mohawks their own land. Gee, thanks. 1960: Martin Luther King, Jr., jailed, Decatur, Georgia. 1983: Island of Grenada invaded by 5,000 U.S. Marines and Army Rangers on pretext of saving "endangered" American lives, diverting attention from the Lebanon bombing and European anti-nuclear protests. Installation of pro-U.S. government has since crippled the Caribbean nation's economy.

Oct. 26 1986: Pres. Ronald Reagan vetoes bill that would impose trade sanctions on South African apartheid regime. 1994: Israel and Jordan sign treaty to end 46 years of war. 1994: De-classified U.S. government brief reveals Panama's Manuel Noriega was paid more than $10 million as a U.S. spy.

Oct. 27 1962: 200,000 U.S. troops assemble in Florida, preparing to invade Cuba. 1968: 120,000 march against Vietnam War. London, England. 1994: Mozambique holds its first multi-party elections. Can the U.S. be far behind?