Oct. 22. 1983: Capping a week of protests, over two million people in six European cities march against US deployment of cruise and Pershing nuclear missiles in Europe.

Oct. 23. 1734: Birth of French writer, early communist theorist Restif de la Brettone. Chronicler of the Street during the French Revolution, inventor of the term "communism."

Oct. 24. 1901: US Marines land in Samar during the Philippine Insurrection. Brigadier General "Hell-roaring Jake" Smith issues his orders: "I wish you to burn and kill; the more you burn and kill, the better it will please me." 1970: Chile: Election of Unidad Popular, headed by Salvador Allende.

Oct. 25. 1960: Martin Luther King, Jr. jailed in Decatur, GA. Held over on old traffic ticket charges, denied bail and sentenced to four months hard labor.

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

Oct. 27. 1917: Birth of Oliver Tambo, leader of African National Congress.

Oct. 28. 1970: William Fulbright, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, accuses Nixon administration of conducting an illegal war in Laos without congressional knowledge or approval.

Oct. 29. 1918: Germany: Sailors mutiny, take over naval base, garrison, and city of Kiehl; Soldiers, Sailors, and Workers' Councils elected.

Oct. 30. 1986: Attorney General Ed Meese urges employers to begin spying on workers in "locker rooms, parking lots, shipping and mail room areas and even the nearby taverns" to try to catch them using drugs. 1995: Over 80 people, including former US 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. 1517: Protestant Reformation begins as Martin Luther nails his 95 theses to the door of the Castle Church in Wittenberg. 1968: Women's International Terrorist Conspiracy from Hell (WITCH) is formed.

Nov. 1. 1866: First Civil Rights Act passed over veto of President Andrew Johnson. 1961: Fifty thousand women join in protests in at least 60 US cities against resumption of atmospheric nuclear tests, leading to founding of Women Strike for Peace.

Nov. 2. 1965: Norman Morrison, 32-year-old Quaker, father of three, immolates himself below Secretary of Defense McNamara's Pentagon window to protest Vietnam War. Morrison was a national hero in North Vietnam. The government named a Hanoi street after him and issued a postage stamp in his honor. 1971: 18- to 20-year-olds vote first time. Part of Nixon administration's concerted efforts to defuse youth rebellion and opposition to his Vietnam War activities.

Nov. 3. 1865: Mescalero Apache disappear from Bosque Redondo where Kit Carson had them incarcerated, and were untraceable for the next seven years. 1969: Pres. Nixon announces "Vietnamization" program to shift Vietnam fighting from US troops to US-trained local troops.

Nov.4. 1977: United Nations votes to enact an arms embargo against apartheid South Africa.