TODAY IN HISTORY

TODAY’S HIGHLIGHT

Oct. 9, 1967

Marxist revolutionary guerrilla leader Che Guevara, 39, was summarily executed by the Bolivian army a day after his capture.

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1936

The first generator at Boulder (later Hoover) Dam began transmitting electricity to Los Angeles.

1975

Soviet scientist Andrei Sakharov was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.

2006

Google Inc. announced it was snapping up YouTube Inc. for $1.65 billion in a stock deal.

2009

President Barack Obama won the Nobel Peace Prize for what the Norwegian Nobel Committee called “his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples.”