1965 Gateway Arch (630' (190m) high) completed in St Louis, Missouri

1965 Pope Paul VI decrees that Jews are absolved of blame for the crucifixion of Christ.

1966 Belgium's Gaston Roelants runs 12-4/5 miles in 1 hour

1970 US/USSR sign an agreement to discuss joint space efforts

1971 England becomes 6th nation to have a satellite (Prospero) in orbit

1971 John & Yoko record "Happy Xmas (War is Over)" in NYC

1977 TV's Rhoda gets married

1979 USS Kitty Hawk and her escort ships were directed to operate south of the Korean peninsula in response to the assassination of South Korean President Park on 26 October.

1981 Edward M McIntrye elected 1st black mayor of Augusta Georgia

1982 NASA launches RCA-E

1988 Jurors award $147,000 to Tacoma parishioner seduced by her minister

1988 Microsoft cofounder Paul Allen gives $10 million to U Wash library

1989 Oakland A's sweep SF Giants in earthquake/BART series

1636 Americas oldest university,'Havard', founded

1886 The Statue of Liberty,a gift from the people of France, is unveiled by President Grover Cleveland,marking the 100th anniversary of independence

1914 George Eastman of the 'Kodak'company,announces the invention of colour photographs

1903 The birth of Evelyn Waugh, English novelist

1909 The birth of Francis Bacon, British artist

1933 The birth of Michael Noakes, Portrait and landscape painter

2005 Vice presidential adviser Lewis "Scooter" Libby resigns after being charged with obstruction of justice, perjury and making a false statement in the CIA leak investigation.

2005 Death of Richard Smalley, major pioneer in the field of nanotechnology (b. 1943)

2007 The Vatican beatifies 498 Spanish victims of religious persecution from before and during the Spanish Civil War.[21]

2007 Elections in Argentina for the President and members of the National Congress. Cristina Fernández de Kirchner wins presidential elections and becomes the first female elected president in Argentina.

2007 The Boston Red Sox win the 2007 World Series in a four-game sweep against the Colorado Rockies.

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