- 1492: Columbus first saw San Salvador.
                - 1691: England granted Massachusetts a new royal charter.
                - 1777: Gen. John Burgoyne's British troops surrendered to American
                  troops in Saratoga, N.Y. in what became a turning point in the
                  Revolutionary War.
                - 1781: American forces defeated Cornwallis at Yorktown.
                - 1829: The Delaware River & Chesapeake Bay Canal opened.
                - 1831: Felix Mendelssohn's 1st Piano concert in G was performed for
                  the first time.
                - 1919: R.C.A. was founded.
                - 1931: Al Capone was convicted on income tax evasion and received an
                  11-year prison sentence.
                - 1956: The first nuclear power plant in the world opened in England.
                - 1957: French author Albert Camus won the Nobel Prize in literature.
                - 1979: President Carter signed legislation creating the Department
                  of Education; Mother Teresa won the Nobel Peace Prize.
                - 1985: French author Claude Simon won the Nobel Prize in literature.
                - 1989: An earthquake measuring 7.1 on the Richter scale hit
                  Northern California, killing 67 people. It hit just minutes before
                  the scheduled start of the third game in the World Series between
                  the San Francisco Giants and the Oakland A's.

                *Happy Birthday*
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                - Alan Jackson, 40, country singer/guitarist
                - Margot Kidder, 50, actress, "Superman's" Lois Lane
                - Evel Knievel, 60, motorcyclist/daredevil stunt rider
                - Michael McKean, 51, actor, "This is Spinal Tap," "Laverne & Shirley"
                - Arthur Miller, 83, dramatist/playwright, "Death Of A Salesman"
                - Tom Poston, 77, actor/comedian, "Newhart's" George Utley, "Bob's"
                  Jerry Fleischer
                - Bob Seagren, 52, won gold medal in pole vault 1968 Olympics
                - Jim Seals, 57, singer/guitarist, of Seals & Crofts, "The Paper
                  Chase" theme co-singer
                - George Wendt, 50, actor, "Cheers'" Norm Peterson