TODAY IN HISTORY [9th October]

Lead Story

Che Guevara is executed, 1967

American Revolution

Lord Dartmouth orders British officers to North Carolina, 1775

Automotive

Meteorite crashes into Chevy Malibu, 1992

Civil War

Union cavalry defeat Rebels at the Battle of Tom's Brook, 1864

Cold War

Professional revolutionary "Che" Guevara is executed in Bolivia, 1967

Crime

A Chicago bootlegger escapes from prison, 1942

Disaster

Landslide kills thousands in Italy, 1963

General Interest

Rhode Island founder banished from Massachusetts, 1635

St. Paul's Cathedral bombed, 1940

Oskar Schindler dies, 1974

Sakharov wins Peace Prize, 1975

Hollywood

Footloose, Steel Magnolias director Herbert Ross dies, 2001

Literary

Miguel de Cervantes is baptized, 1547

Music

Disco/Classical hybrid "A Fifth Of Beethoven" is the #1 song on the U.S. pop charts, 1976

Old West

Hoover Dam begins transmitting electricity to Los Angeles, 1936

Presidential

President Grant announces death of former President Pierce, 1869

Sports

The Gashouse Gang wins the World Series, 1934

Vietnam War

The National Guard breaks up protests at home, 1969

Khmer Republic proclaimed in Cambodia., 1970

World War I

Belgrade falls to Austria-Hungary, 1915

World War II

Churchill and Stalin confer, 1944