On this date in

1884 The Naval War College was founded.

1889 The Moulin Rouge cafe opened in Paris.

1889 Thomas Edison showed his first motion picture.

1927 "The Jazz Singer," regarded as the first talking picture, opened.

1928 Chiang Kai-shek became chairman of the Republic of China.

1945 Billy Sianis and his pet billy goat are ejected from Wrigley Field during Game 4 of the World Series.

1966 LSD is delcared illegal in the United States.

1973 Egyptian troops crossed the Suez Canal beginning the Yom Kippur War.

1981 Egyptian President Anwar Sadat was assassinated.

1987 The Senate Judiciary Committee voted 9-5 against the nomination of Robert Bork to the Supreme Court.

Born on this date:
1820 Jenny Lind.
1846 George Westinghouse
1905 Helen Wills Moody
1906 Janet Gaynor
1908 Carole Lombard
1914 Thor Heyerdahl

Died on this date:
1892 Alfred Tennyson
1951 Will Keith Kellogg
1962 Tod Browning
1973 Sidney Blackmer
1983 Terence Cardinal Cooke
1985 Nelson Riddle
1989 Bette Davis
1992 Denholm Elliott
1997 Johnny Vander Meer
1998 Mark Belanger
2000 Richard Farnsworth