September 28, 551 BC: traditional birthday of Chinese teacher Confucius
October 13, 1925: Margaret Thatcher is born
October 19, 1960: Martin Luther King Jr. is arrested at Rich’s lunch counter in Atlanta
October 20, 1864: Abraham Lincoln proclaims Thanksgiving is a national holiday
October 24, 1926: Harry Houdini’s last performance
November 9th, 1799: Napoleon becomes Emperor of France
November 11, 1969: The Doors frontman Jim Morrison is arrested by the FBI
November 14, 1908: Albert Einstein presents quantum theory on light
November 22, 1963: President John F. Kennedy is assassinated
November 23, 1936: Life Magazine is rebranded as a photo magazine
November 24, 1859: Charles Darwin publishes On the Origin of Species
History’s most mind-melting celebrity doppelgangers
December 1st, 1955: Rosa Parks arrested for refusing to give up seat on bus
