2014 A court has ruled that Kaci Hickox, the Maine nurse who has fought against requirements to quarantine herself due to her contact in West Africa with Ebola patients, will not have to restrict her movements; Hickox has shown no signs of the virus 2014 Israel reopens Jerusalem's Temple Mount a day after closing it to visitors in the wake of the shooting of activist Yehudah Glick; however, security restrictions have been applied to Muslim men seeking to pray at the site 2013 Researchers in Vietnam completed a two-year project to use nanotechnology to produce Nano Curcumin, a substance that can help treat cancer; the substance Curcumin has a low absorption rate and does not dissolve well in water 2013 The Organization on the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons reports it has completed the inspection of 21 out of 23 chemical weapons sites across Syria, resulting in the destruction of over 1,000 metric tons of toxic agents and munitions 2012 In the U.S., over 60 people die in the Mid-Atlantic states as the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy leaves millions without electricity and cripples its mass transportation system 2012 The New York Stock Exchange is reopened after a two-day closure due to Hurricane Sandy; this was the market's first weather-related two-day closure since the late 19th century 2011 The exchange rate of the Japanese yen with the U.S. dollar is reduced by the Government of Japan after the yen reached record highs 2011 According to the U.N. Population Division, the world population has reached seven billion people 2010 American Alexandria Mills, age 18, wins the 60th Miss World pageant in China 2010 A substantially large oil field that is estimated to contain between 8 and 15 billion barrels, is discovered off the coast of Brazil 2009 Margarito Montes, a prominent union leader, is found among fifteen people killed on a ranch in northern Mexico 2006 Bob Barker, from The Price is Right, retires after 35 years as host 2005 Samuel Alito is nominated for the Supreme Court by George W. Bush 1999 EgyptAir flight 990 crashes 60m off coast of Nantucket, killing 217, likely cause was an Islamist suicide replacement pilot 1997 British au pair Louise Woodward, 19, sentenced to life in death of Matthew Eappen 8 months (judge changes to time served)00690901 1995 NHL New Jersey Devils agree to stay in New Jersey 1994 American Eagle ATR-72 crash down at Gary, Indiana: 68 killed 1993 "Wonderful Tennessee" closes at Plymouth Theater New York City after 9 performances 1993 25 people killed during Ghana-Ivory Coast soccer match 1993 Germany unemployment hits country record of 3.5 million 1993 Rapper Tupac Shakur charged with aggravated assault 1993 U.S. wins Nichirei International LPGA Golf Tournament 1992 Don Keller makes his 18,000th sky dive 1992 Roman Catholic church reinstates Galileo Galilei after 359 years 1992 Horse Racing Breeders' Cup Champs: A P Indy, Fraise, Gilded Time, Liza, Lure, Paseana, Thirty Slews at Gulfstream Park 1991 Palestinians attend U.S. mideast peace talks in Madrid 1990 Pakistan make 3-0 drubbing of New Zealand, Waqar Younis 29 series wkts 1989 AR Gurney's "Love Letters," premieres in New York City 1989 France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island 1989 Turgat Ozal elected president of Turkey 1989 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site 1988 19 degrees F lowest temperature ever recorded in Cleveland in Oct 1988 1st Monday Night NFL game in Indianapolis, Colts beat Denver 55-23 1988 Journalists demand greater press freedom in Yugoslavia 1987 1st jockey to win 9 races in 1 day (Chris Antley at Belmont) 1985 Last day in Test cricket for Zaheer Abbas 1984 Howard Goodall/Melvyn Bragg's musical "Hired Man," premieres in London 1984 Puerto Rican tanker, San Francisco explodes spilling 2 million gallons of oil as ship caught fire 1983 Paul McCartney releases "Pipes of Peace" album 1983 Ron Grant completes a 217 day, 8,316 mile run around Australia 1982 "Rock 'n Roll!: The 1st..." closes at St. James New York City after 9 performances 1982 Pope John Paul II becomes 1st pontiff to visit Spain 1981 1st live radio drama in 25 years (Halloween Story on NBC) 1980 Julian Nott sets world hot-air balloon altitude record (16,806 m) 1980 Polish government recognizes Solidarity 1980 Senegal routes troops to Gambia due to Libyan threat 1979 Mike Flanagan, wins AL Cy Young Award 1979 U.S. DC-10 crashes at Mexico-City, 74 killed 1978 Iranian oil workers go on strike 1978 People's Democratic Republic of Yemen (South) adopts constitution 1976 Javed Miandad, 206 vs. New Zealand, age 19 years 141 days (29 fours 1 six) 1975 Bob Geldof 1st appearance with Boomtown Rats 1973 Tom Seaver wins NL Cy Young Award 1972 Gaylord Perry wins AL Cy Young award 1971 "On the Town" opens at Imperial Theater New York City for 65 performances 1969 George Harrison's "Something" is released in the United Kingdom 1969 Race riot in Jacksonville Florida 1968 Linda Eastman moves to U.K. permanently 1968 Milwaukee Bucks win their 1st game beating Detroit 138-118 (6th game) 1968 President Johnson orders a halt to all bombing of North Vietnam 1968 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site 1967 KIMO TV channel 13 in Anchorage, AK (ABC) begins broadcasting 1967 Nguyen Van Thieu took oath of office as 1st President of South Vietnam 2nd Rep 1967 SF's Mike McCormick wins NL Cy Young Award 1964 Barbra Streisand's "People," album goes #1 for 5 weeks 1963 Ed Sullivan witnesses Beatles and their fans at London Airport 1963 J. Edgar Hoover last meeting with president John F. Kennedy 1963 Leaking propane gas explodes, kills 64 at "Holiday on Ice" (Indiana) 1961 Hurricane Hattie, kills 400 in British Honduras 1961 Federal judge rules that Birmingham, Alabama, laws against integrated playing fields are illegal 1960 Cyclone hits coast of Gulf of Bengal; about 10,000 die 1959 Lee Harvey Oswald announces in Moscow he will never return to US 1959 U.S.S.R. and Egypt sign contracts for building Aswan Dam 1957 "Jamaica" opens at Imperial Theater New York City for 558 performances 1956 1st American to land an airplane at South Pole - Rear Admiral G. J. Dufek 1956 Britain and France begin to bomb Egypt to reopen Suez Canal 1956 Brooklyn, New York ends streetcar service 1954 Algerian Revolution against French begins 1954 Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Texas Golf Open 1954 KREM TV channel 2 in Spokane, WA (CBS/ABC) begins broadcasting 1953 TV broadcasting begins in Belgium 1952 1st thermonuclear bomb detonated - Marshall Islands 1951 Second Chamber accept plan-Schuman 1950 Collazo and Torresola attempt to kill Truman in Washington, D.C. 1949 "Regina" opens at 46th St. Theater New York City for 86 performances 1949 Amsterdam Telegraph-director/SS'er Henri Holdert sentenced to 12 years 1949 WOC (now KWQC) TV channel 6 in Davenport, IA (NBC) 1st broadcast 1944 Chief of staff Kruls names De Quay chairman of Universal Commission 1943 Washington Redskin Sammy Baugh passes for 6 touchdowns vs Brooklyn (48-10) 1942 94 U boats sunk this month (619,000 ton) 1942 9th day in battle at El Alamein 1941 13 U boats sunk this month (62,000 ton) 1941 Mount Rushmore is completed 1941 Prior to U.S. in WW II, Germany torpedoes U.S. destroyer Reuben James 1940 63 U boats sunk this month (325,000 ton) 1940 Battle of Britain: Germany and Britair control of English Channel, ends 1940 Deadline for Warsaw Jews to move into Warsaw Ghetto 1939 27 U boats sunk this month (135,000 ton) 1937 Spanish government moves from Valencia to Barcelona 1932 Greek government of Venizelos falls 1925 Cossack officer Reza Chan replaces sultan Ahmad Shah in Persia 1922 Benito Mussolini (Il Duce) becomes premier of Italy 1922 Karel and Josef Capek's "World We Live In," premieres in New York City 1921 Federation Sportive Feminine International forms (1st woman track and field association) 1920 Romania annexes Bessarabia 1918 Spanish flu-virus kills 21,000 in U.S. in 1 week 1917 Eugene O'Neill's "In the Zone," premieres in New York City 1916 Clare Kummer's "Good Gracious Annabelle," premieres in New York City 1914 Great Britain and France declare war on Turkey 1908 4th Olympic games ends in London 1907 Calgary City Rugby Foot-ball Club's 1st game defeating Strathcona Rugby Foot-ball Club 15-0 at Calgary 1906 George Bernard Shaw's "Caesar and Cleopatra," premieres in New York City 1905 Great revolutionary demonstration for amnesty in St. Petersburg 1900 AL President Ban Johnson writes to NL President Nick Young seeking peace 1888 John Boyd Dunlop patents pneumatic bicycle tire 1887 Rimski-Korsakov's "Capricio Espagnol," premieres in St. Petersburg 1881 Metropolitan club plays its last game of its non-league season They win 80 of 151 games (18-43 versus NL teams) 1876 Cyclone hits Bengal, about 200,000 die 1871 Founding of Netherland Protestant Union in Dokkum 1868 Standard uniform approved for postal carriers 1864 Nevada admitted as 36th state 1846 Donner party, unable to cross the Donner Pass, construct a winter camp 1837 Collision of river boat Monmouth and Trement on Miss; 300 die 1815 Sir Humphrey Davy of London patents miner's safety lamp 1808 Holland Brigade battle at Durango, Spain 1794 John Dalton 1st lecture to Manchester Literary/Philosophical Society 1793 Execution of Girondins at Paris, during Reign of Terror 1759 Earthquake in Safed Palestine kills hundred 1714 Georg Ludwig van Hannover crowned as English King George I 1617 Laurens Reael resigns as governor-general of East-Indies 1596 English/French/Dutch delegates sign anti-Spanish "Drievoudig Covenant" 1552 Emperor Karel and Markgraaf Albecht strike siege for Metz 1541 Michelangelo Buonarroti's paints "last judgement" in Sistine Chapel 1517 Luther posts 95 theses on Wittenberg church-Protestant Reformation 834 1st All Hallows Eve (Halloween) observed to honor the saints 802 Empress Irene of Byzantium driven out
