Today In History

Today is Tuesday, Oct. 10, the 283rd day of 2017. There are 82 days left in the year.

TODAY’S HIGHLIGHT

› 1967: The Outer Space Treaty, prohibiting the placing of weapons of mass destruction on the moon or elsewhere in space, entered into force.

ON THIS DATE

› A.D. 19: Roman general Germanicus Julius Caesar, 33, died in Antioch under mysterious circumstances, possibly from poisoning.

› 1845: The U.S. Naval Academy was established in Annapolis, Maryland.

› 1913: The Panama Canal was effectively completed as President Woodrow Wilson sent a signal from the White House by telegraph, setting off explosives that destroyed a section of the Gamboa dike.

› 1917: Legendary jazz composer and pianist Thelonious Monk was born in Rocky Mount, North Carolina.

› 1935: The George Gershwin opera “Porgy and Bess,” featuring an all-black cast, opened on Broadway, beginning a run of 124 performances.

› 1957: The TV series “Zorro,” starring Guy Williams as the masked hero, debuted on ABC.

› 1966: The Beach Boys’ single “Good Vibrations” by Brian Wilson and Mike Love was released by Capitol Records.

› 1997: The International Campaign to Ban Landmines and its coordinator, Jody Williams, were named winners of the Nobel Peace Prize.

TODAY’S BIRTHDAYS

Former Illinois Sen. Adlai Stevenson III is 87. Actor Peter Coyote is 76. Entertainer Ben Vereen is

71. Singer John Prine is 71. Actor Charles Dance is

71. Rock singer-musician Cyril Neville (The Neville Brothers) is 69. Actress Jessica Harper is 68. Author Nora Roberts (aka “J.D. Robb”) is 67. Singer-musician Midge Ure is 64. Rock singer David Lee Roth is 63. Actress Julia Sweeney is 58. Actor Bradley Whitford is 58. Musician Martin Kemp is

56. Actress Jodi Benson is 56. Rock musician Jim Glennie (James) is 54. Actress Rebecca Pidgeon is 52. Rock musician Mike Malinin (Goo Goo Dolls) is 50. Pro Football Hall of Famer Brett Favre is 48. Actor Manu Bennett is 48. Race driver Dale Earnhardt Jr. is 43. Actress Jodi Lyn O’Keefe is 39. Singer Mya is 38. Actor Dan Stevens is

35. Singer Cherie is 33. Actress Rose McIver is

29. Actress Aimee Teegarden is 28.