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Historical Event(s)
– Alexander Dubček comes to power: “Prague Spring” begins in Czechoslovakia.
– Surveyor Program: Surveyor 7, the last spacecraft in the Surveyor series, lifts off from launch complex 36A, Cape Canaveral.
– New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Earth Monkey in Chinese astrology.
– The first of the East L.A. Walkouts take place at several high schools.
– Gold standard: The U.S. Congress repeals the requirement for a gold reserve to back US currency.
– Apollo program: NASA launches Apollo 6.
– The controversial musical Hair opens on Broadway.
– The Toronto Transit Commission opens the largest expansion of its Bloor–Danforth line, going to Scarborough in the East, and Etobicoke in the West.
– 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.
– The Zodiac Killer kills Betty Lou Jenson and David Faraday in Vallejo, California.
Who Were Born On ?
– Craig Strong, American actor & voice actor
– Stéphan Lebeau, Canadian ice hockey player
– Frank Woodley, Australian comedian
– Xenia Seeberg, German actress
– Kelley Armstrong, Canadian author
– Jeff Hackett, Canadian hockey player
– Mika Häkkinen, Finnish race car driver
– Shaggy, Jamaican musician
– Sammy Sosa, Dominican baseball player
– Sean Miller, American basketball coach