- 1422: King Henry V of England died of dysentery and was succeeded
                 by his 9-month-old son King Henry VI.
               - 1842: Congress established the U.S. Naval Observatory.
               - 1881: The first lawn tennis championships started in Rhode Island.
               - 1888: The body of Mary Ann Nichols, the first victim of murderer
                 "Jack the Ripper," was found in London.
               - 1895: The first pro football game was played.
               - 1897: Thomas Edison patented his movie camera - the Kinetograph.
               - 1919: John Reed formed the American Communist Labor Party.
               - 1920: A Detroit radio station was first to broadcast a news
                 program on the air.
               - 1957: Malaysia became an independent Asian member of the British
                 Commonwealth.
               - 1965: Congress established the Department of Housing and Urban
                 Development.
               - 1975: Former Teamsters' president James Hoffa was reported missing.
               - 1977: Ian Smith, espousing racial segregation, won the Rhodesian
                 general election with 80% of the overwhelmingly white electorate's
                 vote.
               - 1980: After two months of strikes, the Polish government agreed to
                 reforms including recognition of the Solidarity trade union.
               - 1990: East and West Germany signed a treaty to join their legal
                 and political systems after merging Oct. 3.
               - 1994: The Irish Republican Army declared an unconditional end
                 to its 25-year war against British rule of Northern Ireland and
                 planned to switch its struggle for a united Ireland to the
                 conference table.

               *Happy Birthday*
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               - Jean Marc Beliveau, 67, NHL center, led Montreal to 10 Stanley Cups
               - Marcia Clark, 45, attorney, prosecutor O.J. Simpson case
               - Eldridge Cleaver, 63, civil rights leader
               - James Coburn, 70, actor, "Magnificent Seven," "The Great Escape"
               - Deborah (Debbie) Gibson, 28, singer, "Deborah," "Out of the Blue"
               - Buddy Hackett, 74, comedian/actor, "Jack Paar Show," "Fish Police"
               - Van Morrison, 53, Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Famer; "Moondance"
               - Itzhak Perlman, 53, violinist, 14 Grammy Awards
               - Frank Robinson, 63, MLB right fielder/manager, first black manager
                 in major leagues, Triple Crown winner