Historical Events
1009 - The Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem is destroyed by the Fatimid caliph Al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah, who hacks the Church's foundations down to bedrock
1902 - 7th Iron Bowl: Auburn beats Alabama 23-0 in Birmingham
1952 - Date of the first Mad Magazine issue
1962 - US launches Ranger 5 for lunar impact; misses Moon
2012 - MLB American League Championship: Detroit Tigers beat New York Yankees, 4 games to 0
2016 - US White Houses says it is "confident" Russia behind recent email hacking and attempts to influence US election
Famous Birthdays
1569 - Giambattista Marini, Italian poet (d. 1625)
1854 - Salomon August Andrée, Swedish engineer, balloonist and polar explorer, born in Gränna, Sweden (d. 1897)
1865 - Logan Pearsall Smith, American essayist and critic (d. 1946)
1918 - James Cameron Tudor, politician
1995 - Yui Ohashi, Japanese swimmer (Olympic gold women's 200/400m IM 2021), born in Hikone, Japan
2001 - Annelise Manojlovic, English actress
Famous Deaths
1771 - Robert Praelisauer, German composer, music director, and priest, dies at 62
1830 - Peter I Petrovic Njegos, bishop (Montenegro), dies
1862 - James Creighton, amateur American baseball player, dies of ruptured bladder from hitting home run on Oct 14th
1982 - Bess Truman, 1st lady (1945-53), dies in Independence, Mo at 97
2002 - Nikolay Rukavishnikov, Soviet cosmonaut (Soyuz 10, 16, 33), dies at 70
2020 - Sid Hartman, American sports journalist (Minneapolis Star Tribune; WCCO 830 AM), dies at 100
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