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*[[1517]] - [[Protestant Reformation]]: [[Martin Luther]] posts his [[95 theses]] on the door of the Castle Church in [[Wittenberg]]. *[[1517]] - [[Protestant Reformation]]: [[Martin Luther]] posts his [[95 theses]] on the door of the Castle Church in [[Wittenberg]].
*[[1892]] - [[Arthur Conan Doyle]] publishes [[The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes]]. *[[1892]] - [[Arthur Conan Doyle]] publishes [[The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes]].
-*[[1912]] - ''[[The Musketeers of Pig Alley]]'', directed by [[D.W. Griffith]], debuts as the first [[gangster]] film. 
-* 1912 - [[Dominican Republic]] becomes a signatory to the [[Buenos Aires Convention|Buenos Aires]] [[copyright]] [[treaty]]. 
-*[[1917]] - [[World War I]]: [[Battle of Beersheba]] - "last successful cavalry charge in history" 
-*[[1918]] - [[Banat Republic]] founded 
-*[[1923]] - 160 consecutive days of 100 degrees at [[Marble Bar]], [[Australia]] begins. 
-*[[1926]] - Magician [[Harry Houdini]] dies of [[gangrene]] and [[peritonitis]] that developed after his [[vermiform appendix|appendix]] ruptured. 
-*[[1936]] - The [[Boy Scouts of the Philippines]] was formed. 
-*[[1938]] - [[Great Depression]]: In an effort to try restore investor confidence, the [[New York Stock Exchange]] unveils a fifteen-point program aimed to upgrade protection for the investing public. 
-*[[1940]] - [[World War II]]: [[Battle of Britain]] ends - The [[United Kingdom]] prevents [[Germany]] from invading [[Great Britain]]. 
-*[[1941]] - After 14 years of work, drilling is completed on [[Mount Rushmore]]. 
-* 1941 - [[World War II]]: The destroyer [[USS Reuben James (DD-245)|USS ''Reuben James'']] is torpedoed by a [[Germany|German]] [[U-boat]] near [[Iceland]], killing more than 100 [[United States Navy]] sailors. It is the first U.S. Navy vessel sunk by enemy action in WWII. 
-*[[1943]] - [[World War II]]: [[F4U Corsair]] accomplishes the first successful radar guided interception.  
-*[[1954]] - [[Algerian War of Independence]]: The [[Algerian National Liberation Front]] begins a revolt against [[France|French]] rule. 
-*[[1956]] - [[Suez Crisis]]: The [[United Kingdom]] and [[France]] begin bombing [[Egypt]] to force the reopening of the [[Suez Canal]]. 
-*[[1959]] - [[Lee Harvey Oswald]] attempted to renounce his American citizenship at the US Embassy in Moscow, USSR. 
-*[[1961]] - In the [[Soviet Union]], [[Joseph Stalin]]'s body is removed from [[Lenin's Mausoleum|Lenin's Tomb]]. 
-*[[1963]] - Indiana State Fair Coliseum (now [[Pepsi Coliseum]]) explosion in Indianapolis kills 74 people during an ice skating show. The mammoth explosion injured 400. A faulty propane tank connection in a concession stand was blamed. 
-*[[1968]] - [[Vietnam War]] [[October surprise]]: Citing progress with the [[Paris]] peace talks, US President [[Lyndon B. Johnson]] announces to the nation that he has ordered a complete cessation of "all air, naval, and artillery bombardment of [[North Vietnam]]" effective [[November 1]]. 
-*[[1975]] - [[Queen (band)]] released their most famous single [[Bohemian Rhapsody]]. It spent 9 weeks at number 1# in the UK charts. It has often been credited as the best song of all time. 
-*[[1983]] - [[Match Game Hollywood Squares Hour]] premieres on NBC 
-*[[1984]] - [[India]]n Prime Minister [[Indira Gandhi]] is assassinated by two [[Sikh]] security guards ([[riot]]s soon broke out in [[New Delhi]] and nearly 2,000 innocent Sikhs were killed). 
-*[[1986]] - The 5th congress of the [[KFML|Communist Party of Sweden]] is inaugurated. During the course of the congress the party name is changed to the Solidarity Party and the party ceases to be a communist party. 
-*[[1994]] - An [[American Eagle Flight 4184|American Eagle ATR-72]] crashes in [[Roselawn, Indiana]], after circling in icy weather, killing 68 passengers and crew. 
-*[[1996]] - A Brazilian [[TAM Linhas Aéreas|TAM]] [[Fokker F100]] crashes into several houses in [[São Paulo, Brazil]] killing 98 including 2 on the ground. 
-* 1996 - [[Jean Chrétien]] becomes UN special envoy to the [[African Great Lakes]]. 
-*[[1997]] - 19-year-old British [[au pair]] [[Louise Woodward]], convicted by a [[Cambridge, Massachusetts]], jury of second-degree murder the day before, is sentenced to life in prison. 
-*[[1998]] - [[Iraq disarmament crisis]] begins: [[Iraq]] announces it would no longer cooperate with [[United Nations]] weapons inspectors. 
-*[[1999]] - [[EgyptAir Flight 990]] traveling from [[New York City]] to [[Cairo]] crashes off the coast of [[Nantucket, Massachusetts]], killing all 217 on-board. 
-* 1999 - [[Roman Catholic Church]] and [[Lutheran Church]] leaders sign the [[Joint Declaration on the Doctrine of Justification]], ending a centuries-old doctrinal dispute over the nature of [[faith]] and [[salvation]]. 
-* 1999 - [[Yachtsman]] [[Jesse Martin]] returns to [[Melbourne]] after 11 months of [[circumnavigation|circumnavigating]] the world, solo, non-stop and unassisted. 
-*[[2000]] - A [[Singapore Airlines]] [[Boeing 747|Boeing 747-400]] operating as [[Singapore Airlines Flight 006|Flight 006]] collides with construction equipment upon takeoff in [[Chiang Kai-Shek International Airport|Taipei, Taiwan]] killing 79 passengers and 4 crew members 
-* 2000 - A chartered [[Antonov An-26]] explodes after takeoff in Northern [[Angola]] killing 50 
-* 2000 - The last [[Multics]] machine was shut down. 
-*[[2002]] - A federal grand jury in [[Houston, Texas]] formally indicted former [[Enron]] Corp. chief financial officer [[Andrew Fastow]] on 78 counts of [[wire fraud]], [[money laundering]], [[Conspiracy (crime)|conspiracy]] and [[obstruction of justice]] related to the collapse of his ex-employer. 
-*[[2003]] - A bankruptcy court approves [[MCI Inc.|MCI]]'s reorganization plans, essentially clearing the telecommunications company to exit bankruptcy. 
-* 2003 - [[Mahathir bin Mohamad]] resigns as [[Prime Minister of Malaysia|Prime Minister]] of [[Malaysia]] after 22 years in power. 
-*[[2004]] - Passenger airline service ends at [[Mirabel International Airport]] in [[Montreal]], Canada. 
-*[[2005]] - [[President George W. Bush]] nominates Appeals court judge [[Samuel Alito]] to join the [[Supreme Court of the United States]]. 
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         o Natalie Clifford Barney
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