TUESDAY INHISTORY

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

Highlight in History:

OnOct. 10, 1967, theOuter Space Treaty, prohibiting the placing of weapons of mass destruction on the moon or elsewhere in space, entered into force.

On this date:

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

In 1845, the U.S. Naval Academy was established in Annapolis, Maryland.

In 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.

In 1938, Nazi Germany completed its annexation of Czechoslovakia’s Sudetenland.

In 1943, Chiang Kai-shek tooktheoathof officeaspresident of China.

In 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.

In 1985, U.S. fighter jets forced an Egyptian plane carryingthehijackersoftheItalian cruise ship Achille Lauro to land in Italy, where the gunmenwere taken into custody.

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

Ten years ago: A 14-yearold suspended student opened fire in a Cleveland high school, wounding two teachers and two classmates before killing himself.

Five years ago: President Barack Obama conceded he did poorly the previousweek in his first debate with Republican rival Mitt Romney, telling ABC he’d “had a bad night."

One year ago: Amid controversy overDonaldTrump’s past sexual comments about women, House Speaker Paul Ryan effectively abandoned his party’s nominee, telling anxious fellow lawmakers he would not campaign for or defend Trump in the election’s closingweeks.

Today’s Birthdays: Actor Peter Coyote is 76. Actress Jessica Harper is 68. Author NoraRobertsis67. Rocksinger David Lee Roth is 63. Pro Football Hall of Famer Brett Favre is 48. Actor/TV host Mario Lopez is 44. Race driver Dale Earnhardt Jr. is 43.

Thought for Today: “The imperceptible process of age has a point which, once passed, cannot be retraced. I knew I had passed that point and was getting old the day I noticed that all the cops looked so young.” — Harry Lewis Golden, American author, editor and publisher (1903-1981).