CROSSROADS

October 1st 1928

Leon Vanderstuyft of Belgium bicycled 76 miles 504 yards (123.12125 kms) in 1 hour

October 2nd 1986

Failed assassination attempt on India premier Rajiv Gandhi

October 3rd 1992

Sinead O’Connor rips up a picture of Pope John Paul II on SNL

October 4th 1978

Funeral services held for Pope John Paul I

October 5th 1965

Dick McInnes stays aloft almost 12 hours in a kite

October 6th 1991

Elizabeth Taylor weds for 8th time (Larry Fortensky)

October 7th 2001

U.S. launches strikes against the Taliban in Afghanistan, in retaliation for the 9/11 terrorist attacks in the US.

October 8th 2007

Marion Jones gives up 5 Olympic medals after admitting to using performance-enhancing drugs

October 9th 1984

Kathryn D Sullivan becomes 1st U.S. woman to walk in space

October 10th 1959

Lee Harvey Oswald signs guestbook in hotel Helsinki

October 11th 1976

Mao Tse-Tung’s widow Jiang Qing and “Gang of Four,” arrested and charged with plotting a coup

October 12th 1984

IRA bombs Grand Hotel in Brighton where Margaret Thatcher is staying, 5 die

October 13th 1987

1st military use of trained dolphins by the U.S. Navy

October 14th 1982

6,000 Unification church couples wed in Korea

October 15th 1973

Tanks attack Thailand demonstrating students, 300 killed

October 16th 1962

Cuban missile crisis began as John F. Kennedy becomes aware of missiles in Cuba

October 17th 1979

Mother Teresa of India, awarded Nobel Peace Prize

October 18th 1968

U.S. Olympic Committee suspends Tommie Smith and John Carlos for giving “black power” salute as a protest during victory ceremony

October 19th 1879

Thomas Edison demonstrates electric light

October 20th 1968

Jacqueline Kennedy marries Aristotle Onassis

October 21st 1918

Margaret Owen sets world typing speed record of 170 wpm for 1 min

October 22nd 1964

French philosopher/author Jean-Paul Sartre refuses Nobel prize

October 23rd 1918

Actor Charlie Chaplin (29) weds Mildred Harris (17)

October 24th 1984

Steffi Graf plays her 1st pro tennis match

October 25th 1854

Charge of Light Brigade (Battle of Balaklava, Crimean War), 409 die

October 26th 1988

Donald Trump bills Mike Tyson $2,000,000 for 4 month advisory service

October 27th 1913

U.S President Woodrow Wilson says U.S. will never attack another country

October 28th 1962

Nikita Khrushchev orders withdrawal of missiles from Cuba, ending Cuban missile crisis

October 29th 1987

Thomas Hearns wins unprecedented 4th boxing title in different weight categories

October 30th 1953

Dr. Albert Schweitzer awarded Nobel Peace Prize