TUESDAY, OCTOBER 8, 2019

1571-Turkish fleet defeated by Spanish & Italians in Battle of Lepanto

1737-Waves sink 20,000 small craft, kill 300,000 (Bengal, India)

1868-Cornell University (Ithaca NY) opens

1886-Spain abolishes slavery in Cuba

1908-Crete revolts against Turkey, aligns with Greece

1916-222 points are scored in a football game between Georgia Tech & Cumberland University of Lebanon, Tennessee

1931-First infra-red photograph, Rochester, NY

1938-Germany demands all Jewish passports stamped with the letter J

1950-U.S. forces invade Korea by crossing the 38th parallel

1958-U.S. manned space-flight project renamed Project Mercury

1963-Hurricane Flora hits Haiti and Dominican Republic, kills 7,190

1968-Motion Picture Association of America adopts film rating system

1985-PLO terrorists seize Italian cruise liner Achille Lauro

1988-Latvian flag raised in Riga for first time since annexation by USSR

1991-Child star Adam Rich arrested for stealing hypodermics