1503 Isabella of Portugal (died 1539)
1537 Jane Seymour (died), English wife of Henry VIII of England (born 1508)
1632 Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, Dutch microbiologist (died 1723)
1852 Daniel Webster (died), American lawyer and politician, 14th United States Secretary of State (born 1782)
1857 Sheffield F.C., the world’s first football club, is founded in Sheffield, England.
1861 The First Transcontinental Telegraph, line across the United States, is completed, spelling the end for the 18-month-old Pony Express.
1901 Annie Edson Taylor becomes the first person to go over Niagara Falls, in a barrel.
1903 Melvin Purvis (born), American FBI agent (died 1960)
1911 Orville Wright, remains in the air 9 minutes and 45 seconds in a Wright Glider, at Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina.
1926 Harry Houdini’s last performance, which is at the Garrick Theatre in Detroit, Michigan.
1929 “Black Thursday” stock market crash on the New York Stock Exchange.
1931 The George Washington Bridge opens to public traffic.
1936 Bill Wyman (born),, English singer-songwriter, bass player, and producer (The Rolling Stones and Bill Wyman’s Rhythm Kings)
1944 Louis Renault (died), French businessman, co-founded the Renault Company (born 1877)
1945 Founding of the United Nations
1946 A camera on board the V-2 No. 13 rocket takes the first photograph of earth from outer space.
1947 Walt Disney testifies before the House Un-American Activities Committee, naming Disney employees he believes to be communists.
1949 The cornerstone of the United Nations Headquarters is laid.
1971 Jo Siffert (died), Swiss race car driver (born 1936)
1972 Jackie Robinson (died), American baseball player (born 1919)
1973 Yom Kippur War ends
1977 Veterans Day is observed on the fourth Monday in October for the seventh and last time. (The holiday is once again observed on November 11 beginning the following year.)
1980 The government of Poland legalizes the Solidarity trade union.
1991 Gene Roddenberry (died), American screenwriter and producer, created Star Trek (born 1921)
2003 Concorde makes its last commercial flight.
2005 Rosa Parks (died), American activist (born 1913)
2008 “Bloody Friday” saw many of the world’s stock exchanges experience the worst declines in their history, with drops of around 10% in most indices.
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