0676 Donus begins his reign as Catholic Pope

1048 All Soul's Day declared. A Christian day dedicated to all departed souls of the faithful, especially those in purgatory

1648 12,000 Jews massacred by Chmielnicki hordes in Narol, Podlia

1755 Marie Antoinette, the wife of French King Louis XVI is born in Vienna

1772 Boston patriot Samuel Adams, 50, and local physician Joseph Warren, 31, organize a Committee of Correspondence, similar committees spring up throughout the colonies, relaying the anti-British polemics of Adams and others.

1783 Gen Washington bids farewell to his army

1841 Akbar Khan successfully revolts against Shah Shuja in Afghanistan

1879 In a 6-day footrace a Mr Weston loses to a horse, 900 to 885 km

1880 James A Garfield (R) elected President

1885 The first Canadian Pacific Railway train leaves Montreal Quebec for Vancouver British Columbia

1889 North Dakota becomes 39th and South Dakota becomes the 40th state

1904 British newspaper, "The Daily Mirror" begins publishing

1917 Balfour Declaration proclaims support for a Jewish state in Palestine

1917 Lansing-Ishii Agreement; US recognizes Japan's privileges in China

1917 The first American soldiers die in combat in WW I

1920 Warren G Harding elected President

1930 Ras Tafari crowned Haile Selassie I, 225th emperor of Solmonic Dynasty

1942 Montgomery (Br) defeats Rommel (Ger) in battle of Alamein (WW II)

1943 In a few days, 50,000 Jews in the Lublin region are deported and shot in ditches behind the Majdanek gas chambers

1947 Howard Hughes'"Spruce Goose" flies for only time

1948 Truman beats Dewey, confounding pollsters and newspapers

1954 Charles C Diggs Jr elected Michigan's first black congressman

1956 Hungary appeals for UN assistance against Soviet invasion

1956 Israel captures Gaza and Sheham

1959 Charles Van Doren confesses, TV quiz show-"21" was fixed

1962 JFK announces Cuban missile bases were being dismantled

1976 Former Georgia Gov Jimmy Carter (D) defeats incumbent Gerald R Ford (R) in race for Presidency

1978 Crew of Soyuz 29 returns to Earth aboard Soyuz 31

1983 President Reagan signs a bill establishing Martin L King day

1988 Computer virus strikes Pentagon, SDI research lab and 6 universities

1988 Shamir Likud wins election in Israel

1996 Ontario L'Orignal Railway (RailTex) commences operation over the former CN line between Glen Robertson, Hawkesbury and L'Orignal, Ont.

1998 Quebec Gatineau Railway commences operation over the CN Montfort Spur between Mirabel and Saint-Jerome, QC. Access to the CN network is continued through an interchange agreement between CN, OGRY and St.L&H.

1999 "Saving Private Ryan" becomse the first major Spielberg movie to be released on DVD

1976 Jimmy Carter elected as the (38th) US President

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