TODAY IN HISTORY

TODAY’S HIGHLIGHT

Oct. 10, 1967

The Outer Space Treaty, prohibiting the placing of weapons of mass destruction on the moon or elsewhere in space, entered into force. ALSO ON THIS DATE

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 124performances.

1938

Nazi Germany completed its annexation of Czechoslovakia’s Sudetenland.

1943

Chiang Kai-shek took the oath of office as president of China.

1966

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

1973

Vice President Spiro T. Agnew, accused of accepting bribes, pleaded no contest to one count of federal income tax evasion, and resigned his office.