Today is Tuesday, October 7, the 281st day of 2008. There are 85 days left in the year.
3761 B.C. _ Origin of Jewish Mundane Era
1886 _ Spain abolishes slavery in Cuba
1900 _ The term ``orienteering" is first used for an event
1950 _ U.S. forces invade Korea by crossing the 38th parallel
1959 _ Far side of Moon seen for first time, compliments of USSR's Luna 3
1968 _ Motion Picture Association of America adopts film rating system
1988 _ Latvian flag raised in Riga for first time since annexation by USSR
1988 _ Robin Givens files for divorce after eight-month marriage to Mike Tyson
1989 _ Rickey Henderson steals a record eight bases in a play-off (five games)
1990 _ Israel begins handing out gas masks to its citizens