Oct. 24. 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.

Oct. 25. 1983: Island of Grenada invaded by 5,000 U.S. Marines and Army Rangers on the pretext of saving "endangered" American lives, and diverting attention from the Lebanon bombing and European anti-nuclear protests. Installation of a 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 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. 1968: 120,000 march against Vietnam War. London, England. 1994: Mozambique holds its first multi-party elections.

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. 1929: Stock market receives "overdue correction," triggering Great Depression. 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. 1967: Martin Luther King, Jr., is arrested and jailed in Birmingham, Alabama, on charges stemming from demonstrations in 1963. 1982: Joint North American demonstration against cruise missiles, Ottawa, Canada.

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. 1968: Pres. Johnson, trying to get his Vice President (Hubert Humphrey) elected to succeed him, orders an end to bombing of North Vietnam.

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. 1970: Detroit City Council votes for immediate withdrawal from Vietnam.

Nov. 2. 1811: Weavers and knitters smash job-displacing new machines at Sutton and Ashfield, England, as part of the "Luddite" rebellion. 1988: Syracuse Univ. students "welcome" CIA recruiter with attempted citizens' arrest for genocide.

Nov. 3. 1865: Mescalero Apache disappear from Bosque Redondo where Kit Carson had them incarcerated, and were untraceable for the next seven years. 1971: Canadian activists block international bridges in Detroit and Buffalo in protest against U.S. nuclear weapons testing in Alaska.

Nov. 4. 1924: Nellie Rayloe Ross elected first female Governor of a U.S. state (Wyoming). 1984: First free elections in Nicaraguan history. Sandanistas defeat six other parties.

Nov. 5. 1962: United Nations General Assembly demands complete nuclear weapons testing ban. 1978: Voters agree to leave nuclear reactor unfuelled, Zwentendorf, Austria.

Nov. 6. 1913: Gandhi leads Great March into Transvaal, South Africa. 1971: U.S. explodes 5-megaton bomb in nuclear weapons test despite petition to U.S. Supreme Court. 1971: Native Onondagas and supporters prevent expansion of interstate highway across their land. Onondaga Nation, New York.