Martin Luther affixed his 95 Theses to door of Wittenberg Castle Churchβ
Nevada admitted to the Union as the 36th stateβ
The U.S. naval destroyer Reuben James was torpedoed by a German submarine and sunk off the coast of Iceland, despite the fact that the U.S. was not at war with Germanyβ
After 14 years of work, drilling was completed on Mount Rushmore, near Keystone, South Dakotaβ
Indian Prime Minister, Indira Gandhi, is assassinated by two of her Sikh bodyguards in New Delhi. Rajiv Gandhi is inaugurated as his mother’s successorβ
Due to ice build up on its wings, an American Eagle commuter plane crashed in Roselawn, Indiana, killing all 68 passengers and crew members aboardβ
Weather
The temperature at Minneapolis, Minnesota, reached 83 degrees Fβ
New York City experienced an October high temperature of 95 degrees Fβ