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Arizona Daily Wildcat
Monday October 27, 2003

Today

  • 1858 - Theodore Roosevelt, the 26th president of the United States, was born in New York City.

  • 1904 - The first rapid transit subway opened in New York City.

  • 1932 - Sylvia Plath, the American poet known for an intense, confessional quality of writing, was born.

    Tuesday

  • 1636 - Harvard College was founded in Massachusetts.

  • 1886 - The Statue of Liberty, a gift from the people of France, was dedicated in the New York Harbor by President Grover Cleveland.

  • 1922 - Fascism came to Italy as Benito Mussolini took control of the government.

    Wednesday

  • 1682 - The founder of Pennsylvania, William Penn, landed at what is now Chester, Pa.

  • 1929 - Black Tuesday descended upon the New York Stock Exchange. Prices collapsed amid panic selling, and thousands of investors were wiped out as the Great Depression began.

  • 1998 - John Glenn, the first American to orbit the moon, returned to space 36 years later, at age 77.

    Thursday

  • 1938 - The radio play that panicked the nation, "The War of the Worlds," starring Orson Welles, aired on CBS. The live drama, which employed fake news reports, panicked listeners who thought its portrayal of a Martian invasion was true.

  • 1974 - Muhammad Ali knocked out George Foreman in the eighth round of a 15-round bout in Kinshasa, Zaire, to regain his world heavyweight title.

  • 1998 - In Nicaragua, a mudslide caused by Hurricane Mitch killed at least 2,000 people on the slopes of the Casitas volcano in Posoltega.

    Friday

  • 1517 - Martin Luther posted the 95 Theses on the door of the Wittenberg Palace church, marking the start of the Protestant Reformation in Germany.

  • 1864 - Nevada became the 36th state.

  • 1999 - EgyptAir flight 990 crashed off the Massachusetts coast, killing all 217 people on board.

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