TODAY IN HISTORY
• 1992 - Nigeria
• 2016 - USA
Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton faced off for the first time in the most anticipated debates in U.S. history. It was held at Hofstra University on Long Island and moderated by NBC anchor Lester Holt. Throughout the 90minute debate, Clinton and Trump sparred on everything from foreign policy to trade deals to personal stamina.
• 2014 - Mexico
A mass kidnapping of 43 male students from the Ayotzinapa Rural Teachers College occured in Iguala, Mexico. On Nov. 7, 2014, the Attorney General Jesús Murillo Karam announced that plastic bags containing human remains, possibly those of the missing students, had been found by a river in Cocula, Guerrero.
• 2013 - Liberia
Charles Taylor lost his appeal against a war crimes conviction at The Hague. Judges confirmed a 50year jail term against the former Liberian president for encouraging rebels in Sierra Leone to mutilate, rape and murder victims in a decade-long civil war.
• 2011 - Libya
Thousands fled Gadhafi's hometown of Sirte to escape growing shortages of food amid fears their homes will be struck during fighting between revolutionary forces and regime loyalists.
• 2010 - USA
Film star, Gloria Stuart (b.1910), died. The 1930s
Hollywood leading lady became the oldest Academy Award acting nominee for her role as the spunky survivor in "Titanic." In her youth, Stuart was a blond beauty who starred in some high-profile movies.
• 2008 - USA
Barack Obama and John Mccain shared a stage in their first of three presidential debates, which focused on foreign policy.
A military plane crashed after takeoff into the OkeAfa canal, Ejigbo, killing all 163 people aboard.
• 1992 - S/africa
President F.W. de Klerk and African National Congress leader (ANC) Nelson Mandela held their first meeting where they agreed on the need for an interim government.
• 1981 - USA
Serena Williams, tennis player, was born.
• 1960 - USA
In Chicago, the first televised debate took place between presidential candidates Richard M. Nixon and John F. Kennedy.