1980 Big Thunder Mountain Railroad opens

1983 Columbia moves to Vandenberg AFB for mating in preparation of STS-9

1990 PBS begins an 11 hour miniseries on The Civil War

1990 Saddam says he will destroy Israel

1991 NY Islanders Mike Bossy and Denis Potvin inducted into NHL Hall of Fame

1993 Sydney, Australia chosen for Olympic Games of 2000

1997 "The Adventures of Pinocchio" becomes the first DVD to incorporate DVD video games

1846 Neptune discovered by German astronomer Johann Galle

1912 The first ever silent 'Keystone Cops' film released

1940 Japanese troops enter IndoChina

1993 A South African Bill grants blacks a legal say in affairs of state for the first time

1920 The birth of Mickey Rooney, American film actor

1930 The birth of Ray Charles, American singer

2005 Convicted bank thief and Boricua Popular Army leader, Filiberto Ojeda Ríos is killed in his home in Hormigueros, Puerto Rico when members of the FBI attempt to serve an arrest warrant.

2006 Toomas Hendrik Ilves is elected President of Estonia.

2007 Yokozuna Hakuho won the Emperor's Cup at the Autumn Grand Sumo Tournament (Aki Basho) in Tokyo, Japan.

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