WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER, 22, 2007

3963 B.C. _ The origin of Hevelius' Mundane Era

1648 _ The Peace of Westphalia ends a 30-year war and the Holy Roman Empire

1795 _ The third partition of Poland between Austria, Prussia and Russia

1856 _ The constitution of South Australia adopted

1861 _ The first transcontinental telegram sent ending the Pony Express

1929 _ ``Black Thursday," beginning of stock market crash

1935 _ Italy invades Ethiopia

1945 _ The United Nations Charter becomes effective

1956 _ Soviet troops invade Hungary

1973 _ John Lennon sues the U.S. government to admit the FBI is tapping his phone

1980 _ The Polish government legalizes the independent labor union Solidarity

1989 _ Rev. Jim Bakker is sentenced to 50 years for fraud