Sputnik 1 (USSR), first manmade space satellite, launched, 1957
Glenn Gould died, 1982
Lesotho, South Africa attained sovereignty within British Commonwealth, 1966
Crimean war began, 1853
American forces defeated by British in a battle at Germantown, Pennsylvania, 1777
Mormons renounced polygamy, 1890
Frederic Auguste Bertholdi, French sculptor (“Statue of Liberty”), died, 1904
Pope Paul VI arrived in US, 1965
Comic strip “Dick Tracy” first appeared (“The Detroit Daily Mirror”), 1931
Janis Joplin, singer, died, 1970
First daily state lotteries with the same number (New Jersey and Pennsylvania), 1977
The Simplon Orient Express’ first trip, 1883
Pope Gregory XIII decreed that the day following this would be October 15, 1582, 1582
First American League playoff game (Indians at Red Sox), 1948
Luna 3 (USSR), first satellite to photograph the distant side of the moon, launched, 1959
US Supreme Court reinstated the death penalty for murder, 1976