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In 1835, Adlai E. Stevenson, who would become the 22nd vice president, was born in Christian County, Ky. (He would serve in the second administration of Grover Cleveland, from 1893 to 1897.)
In 1869 John William Heisman, the coach who revolutionized the game of college football, was born in Cleveland.
In 1915 25,000 women marched in New York to demand the right to vote.
In 1925 longtime “Tonight Show” host Johnny Carson was born in Corning, Iowa.
In 1940 soccer legend Pele was born Edson Arantes do Nascimento in Tres Coracoes, Brazil.
In 1946 the United Nations General Assembly convened
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In 1973 President Richard Nixon reversed himself and agreed to turn over the Watergate tapes to U.S. District Judge John Sirica.
In 1983, 241 American Marines and sailors in Lebanon were killed when a suicide terrorist crashed a truck loaded with explosives into the U.S. compound at Beirut International Airport; a nearly simultaneous attack on French forces killed 58 paratroopers.
In 1984 “NBC Nightly News” aired BBC television footage of the drought in Ethiopia, resulting in an outpouring of charitable contributions.
In 1987 the Senate rejected the Supreme Court nomination of Robert Bork by a vote of 58-42.
In 1995 a Houston jury convicted Yolanda Saldivar of murdering Tejano singing star Selena, whose fan club Saldivar had once headed.
In 1998, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat signed a landfor-peace agreement at the White House, following nine days of talks in Wye River, Md. Also in 1998 Dr. Barnett Slepian, who performed legal abortions, was killed at his suburban Buffalo home when a sniper fired through his kitchen window.
In 2001 anthrax was found on the machinery at a military base that sorts mail for the White House. Also in 2001, Apple unveiled it’s breakthrough MP3 music player, the iPod.
In 2003 federal immigration agents arrested about 250 illegal workers at 60 Wal-Mart stores in 21 states.
In 2005 Warsaw’s conservative Mayor Lech Kaczynski won Poland’s presidential runoff vote. Also in 2005 the White Sox took a 2-0 lead in the World Series as they beat the Houston Astros 7-6.
In 2012 GOP U.S. Senate candidate Richard Mourdock of Indiana said during an election debate that pregnancy resulting from rape was “something God intended to happen.” (He lost the Nov. 6 race to Democratic Rep. Joe Donnelly.)
In 2013 Pope Francis removed German Bishop Franz-Peter Tebartz-van Elst, known as the “bishop of Bling,” from his diocese in Limburg for spending $43 million of church funds on his residence.
In 2014 Dr. Craig Spencer, who returned to the U.S. after treating Ebola patients in Guinea, tested positive for the deadly virus in New York City. (Spencer eventually recovered fully from the virus.)