Today is Tuesday, October 9, the 283rd day of 2012. There are 83 days left in the year.
1446 ― Korean Hangeul alphabet devised
1876 ― First two-way telephone conversation, first over outdoor wires
1946 ― First electric blanket manufactured; sold for $39.50
1965 ― Beatles' "Yesterday," single goes No. 1 and stays No. 1 for four weeks
1973 ― Elvis & Priscilla Presley divorce after six years
1975 ― Soviet dissident Andrei Sakharov wins Nobel Peace Prize
1983 ― 17 South Korean cabinet minister-level officials assassinated in Rangoon, Burma
1984 ― Kathy Sullivan becomes first U.S. woman to walk in space
1989 ― Penthouse Magazine's Hebrew edition hits the newsstands
1990 ― Radio stations around the world play "Imagine" honoring John Lennon