This Week in History:

October 5th - 11th

Test yourself:

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What the BBC ignored:

October 5 - 1930: British airship R101 crashes in France on its maiden voyage, killing 48 - more than the Hindenburg disaster.

October 5 - 1936: The Jarrow March sets off for London.

October 6 - 1976: Dozens are killed by the Thai army and right-wing paramilitaries in the Thammasat University massacre..

October 6 - 2007: Jason Lewis completes the first human-powered circumnavigation of the Earth.

October 7 - 1963: President Kennedy signs the ratification of the Partial Nuclear Test Ban Treaty.

October 7 - 1996: Fox News Channel begins broadcasting.

October 8 - 1982: Cats opens on Broadway and runs for nearly 18 years before closing on September 10, 2000.

October 8 - 2001: U.S. President George W. Bush announces the establishment of the Office of Homeland Security.

October 9 - 2013: 2006 – North Korea conducts its first nuclear test.

October 10 - 1967: The Outer Space Treaty, banning weapons of mass destruction from space, comes into force..

October 10 - 1970: Fiji becomes independent.

October 10 - 1973: Vice President of the United States Spiro Agnew resigns after being charged with evasion of federal income tax.

October 10 - 2015: Twin bomb blasts in the Turkish capital Ankara near the main train station leave at least 102 people dead and over 400 wounded.

October 11 - 1972: A race riot occurs on the United States Navy aircraft carrier Kitty Hawk off the coast of Vietnam during Operation Linebacker.

Would you have swapped any of the events above for any of the events chosen by the BBC?