Historical Events
1759 - Earthquake in Safed Palestine kills hundred
1963 - J. Edgar Hoover's last meeting with President John F. Kennedy
1978 - People's Democratic Republic of Yemen (South) adopts constitution
1988 - 19°F lowest temperature ever recorded in Cleveland in Oct
1989 - Turgat Ozal elected president of Turkey
1999 - Roman Catholic Church and Lutheran Church leaders sign the Joint Declaration on the Doctrine of Justification, ending a centuries-old doctrinal dispute over the nature of faith and salvation.
Famous Birthdays
1826 - Hugh Boyle Ewing, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), (d. 1905)
1919 - Magnus Wenninger, American priest, author of Polyhedron models
1923 - Hicks B Waldron, Amsterdam NY, CEO (Avon)
1978 - Zachary Knighton, American actor
1979 - Saaphyri Windsor, American reality TV figure
1981 - Jon Crocker, American songwriter
Famous Deaths
1860 - Johan Nathan, murderer, hanged
1884 - Marie Bashkirtseff, Russian painter (b. 1858)
1920 - Alphonse Desjardins, founder of the Caisses populaires Desjardins (b. 1854)
1995 - Leonard Ernest John Chant, social Worker, dies at 57
2002 - Raf Vallone, Italian actor (b. 1916)
2003 - Semmangudi Srinivasa Iyer, Indian singer (b. 1908)
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