1959 Sultan of Brunei promulgates a constitution

1962 Launch of Alouette 1, first Canadian satellite (on US Delta rocket)

1963 2nd session of Ecumenical council, `Vatican II,' opens in Rome

1969 "Love American Style," premiers on ABC

1973 Soyuz 12 returns to Earth

1977 Muhammad Ali won a unanimous, 15-round decision over Earnie Shavers

1977 Soviet space station Salyut 6 launched into Earth orbit

1979 Gold hits record $400.20 an ounce in Hong Kong

1979 Pope John Paul II becomes first pope to visit Ireland

1982 Cyanide laced Tylenol capsules kills 7 in Chicago

1985 First of 5 cyanide-laced Tylenol victims dies

1986 USSR releases US journalist Nicholas Daniloff confined on spy charges

1911 Italy declares war on Turkey over who owns Tripoli, Libya

1916 American John D. Rockerfeller becomes the world's first billionaire

1944 Near the end of World War 2, the Red Army enters Yugoslavia

1547 The birth of Miguel de Cervantes, Spanish novelist

1758 The birth of Horatio Nelson, English admiral killed at Trafalgar

1901 The birth of Enrico Fermi, American nuclear physicist

1943 The birth of Lech Walesa, Polish leader; founder of Solidarity trade union

2005 John G. Roberts, Jr. is confirmed and sworn in as Chief Justice of the United States.

2006 Gol Flight 1907, a Boeing 737-800, collides with a business jet over the Amazon Rainforest killing all 154 onboard.

2006 U.S. Representative Mark Foley (R-FL) resigns after it is revealed that he sent explicit e-mails for several years to underage male pages.

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