October 9, 1967Latin-American guerrilla leader Che Guevara is executed while attempting to incite revolution in Bolivia. Rumors contend that the CIA orchestrated his assassination. Officially the Bolivian government stated that Guevara was killed in a skirmish with guerrillas.

October 10, 680Imam Hussein, grandson of the Prophet Mohammed, is beheaded. Hussein is killed by rival Muslim forces on the Karbala plain in modern-day Iraq. He then becomes