1962 USAF Maj Robert A Rushworth takes X-15 to 32,300 m

1963 Gambia achieves full internal self-government

1964 3 cars of a commuter train derail in South Africa killing 81

1965 Pope Paul VI becomes 1st Pope to visit Western Hemisphere (UN)

1965 USSR launches Luna 7; crash lands on Moon

1966 Lesotho (Basutoland) gains independence from Britain (National Day)

1969 UN starts issuing postage stamps at Geneva headquarters

1970 Herbert Schmidtz makes highest parachute jump from a tower by leaping from a 1,984 ft TV mast in Tulsa, Oklahoma

1970 Jan Stenerud of Kansas City Chiefs kicks 55-yard field goal

1970 Janis Joplin died from a drug overdose. She was 27.

1971 Borden's opens a turn-of-century ice cream parlor at Disney World

1974 John Lennon releases "Walls & Bridges" album

1976 Agriculture Secretary Earl Butz resigns due to telling a racial joke

1976 TV audiences watched as Barbara Walters joined Harry Reasoner at the anchor desk of the ABC Evening News for the first time

1977 Pier 39 opens in SF

1978 Funeral services held for Pope John Paul I

1981 Olympic star Bruce Jenner added the title of actor to his resume. He joined singer Harry Belafonte in their first dramatic roles on NBC-TV’ s Grambling’ s White Tiger

1983 Richard Noble reaches record 1019 kph in jet-powered car

1984 There it goes! It could be, it might be, it’ s..." A sad day for long-suffering Chicago Cubs fans. Chicago lost to the Padres 7-1 in the National League Championship Series. 1986 Oct 04, Dan Rather, of The CBS Evening News, was mugged by two men in New York City.

1984 US govt closes down due to budget problems

1985 Henry G Perry completes 157 day, 14,021 mile bicycle tour of Australia

1985 Shite Muslims claim to have killed hostage William Buckley

1988 Pillsbury stock soars $18.37 to $57.37 on takeover bid

1990 Regional elections held, in what was East Germany

1991 NHL NY Rangers trade Bernie Nichols to Edmonton for Mark Messier

1853 The 'Crimean War' begins when Turkey declares war on Russia

1957 Russia launches the first Earth orbiting satellite, 'Sputnik 1'

1814 The birth of Jean Francois Millet, French painter

1895 The birth of Buster Keaton,US Actor of silent screen era

1924 The birth of Charlton Heston, American actor

1937 The birth of Jackie Collins, Novelist

2005 Hurricane Stan hits Mexico and Central America killing over 1,620 people.

2005 Birth of Prince Emmanuel of Belgium, son of Crown Prince Philippe of Belgium

2006 The Dow Industrial Average closes above 11,800 for the first time rising 123.27 points, or 1.05%, finishing at 11,850.61.

2007 Spanish authorities arrest 22 people associated with the banned Batasuna party which campaigns for Basque independence, but also has ties to the terrorist group ETA.

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