Oct. 25. 1981: 150,000 in anti-nuclear protest, London. 1983: Island of Grenada invaded by 5,000 U.S. Marines and Army Rangers on the pretext of saving "endangered" American lives, while diverting attention from European anti-nuclear protests.

Oct. 26, 1986: Pres. Ronald Reagan vetoes bill that would impose trade sanctions on apartheid regime of South Africa. 1994: Declassified U.S. government brief reveals that Panama's Manuel Noriega was paid more than $10 million as a U.S. spy.

Oct. 27. 1682: Tammany, chief of the Lennilenape Delaware, greets William Penn when he arrives to found the Colony of Pennsylvania. Unfortunately, the pacifist Quakers turn out to be just as bloodthirsty toward Indians as all the other colonies.

Oct. 28. 1971: Alberta Indians begin sit-in at Indian Affairs office in Edmonton, Alberta, to protest conditions at reservation schools. The sit-in would last six months.

Oct. 29. 1969: 100 demonstrators disrupt university ROTC with "nonviolent ridicule," Buffalo, NY. 1979: "Up Against The Wall Street Journal" direct actions disrupt New York Stock Exchange and financial district on 50th Anniversary of the stock market crash of 1929. Over 1,000 arrested.

Oct. 30. 1950: Pedro Campos stages rebellion against U.S. colonialism in Puerto Rico. 1995: Over 80 people, including former U.S. Rep. Jim Jontz, arrested at Sugarloaf Mountain in southern Oregon during a massive direct action to prevent corporate clearcutting of old growth forests on public land.

Oct. 31. 1873: Oto chiefs, including Medicine Horse and Stand-By, come to Washington D.C. to ask for permission to hold one last buffalo hunt; they are denied. 1967: California governor Ronald Reagan denies press reports that a "homosexual ring" is operating out of his office in Sacramento. Nov. 1. 1961: 50,000 women join in protests across the U.S. against resumption of atmospheric nuclear tests, leading to founding of Women Strike for Peace.

Nov. 2. 1811: Weavers and knitters smash job-displacing new machines at Sutton and Ashfield, England, as part of the "Luddite" rebellion. 1972: Asian-American protesters from nearby International District sling mud at Sutton and Ashfield, England, as part of the "Luddite" rebellion. 1972: Asian-American protesters from nearby International District sling mud at the ground-breaking ceremony for a new domed stadium (the Kingdome) in Seattle.

Nov. 3. 1865: Mescalero Apache disappear from Bosque Redondo where Kit Carson had them incarcerated, and were untraceable for the next seven years.

Nov. 4. 1979: Iranian militants seize U.S. embassy personnel in Teheran. The resulting yearlong media frenzy helps elect Ronald Reagan U.S. President.

Nov. 5. 1964: Free Speech Movement coalesces when thousands of University of California-Berkeley students rally and occupy Sproul Hall. 1984: Anti-apartheid general strike, South Africa.

Nov. 6. 1913: Gandhi leads Great March into Transvaal, South Africa. 1967: Parliament institutes racial segregation in public facilities, Rhodesia. Nov. 7. 1991: Demonstration against conscription and war, Ada, Vojvodina, Yugoslavia. 1978: Nation's first nuclear-free zone established in Missoula, Montana.

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