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* October 12 - Gay college student Matthew Shepard is kidnapped, [[torture]]d, and brutally [[murder]]ed by [[Aaron McKinney and Russell Henderson]], in what is considered to be the first [[Homophobia|homophobic]] [[hate crime]] to gain national attention. | * October 12 - Gay college student Matthew Shepard is kidnapped, [[torture]]d, and brutally [[murder]]ed by [[Aaron McKinney and Russell Henderson]], in what is considered to be the first [[Homophobia|homophobic]] [[hate crime]] to gain national attention. | ||
* October 16 - [[Augusto Pinochet]] is arrested in London after being indicted by a Spanish court for human rights violations committed during his rule of Chile. | * October 16 - [[Augusto Pinochet]] is arrested in London after being indicted by a Spanish court for human rights violations committed during his rule of Chile. | ||
* Unknown - The [[National Congress Party]] is founded by [[Omar al-Bashir]] to serve as the ruling party of Sudan. | |||
== Births == | == Births == | ||