1859 – Spain declares war on Morocco
1867 – Mail packets “Rhone” and “Wye” capsize off St Thomas, Virgin Islands
1929 – “Black Tuesday” Wall Street Stock Market crashes triggering the “Great Depression”
1930 – 1st Eastern Canada night CF game: Oshawa vs Toronto Balmy Beach
1956 – International zone of Tangier returns to Morocco
1964 – The United Republic of Tanganyika and Zanzibar renamed The United Republic of Tanzania
1972 – Don Cockroft of Cleveland Browns kicks 57-yard field goal
1982 – Paul McCartney and Michael Jackson release “Girl is Mine”
1987 – “Don’t Get God Started” opens at Longacre Theater NYC for 86 performances
1998 – Hurricane Mitch, the second deadliest Atlantic hurricane in history, made landfall in Honduras.