1923-Turkey proclaimed a republic (National Day)
1929-"Black Tuesday," Stock Market crashes triggers "Great Depression"
1942-16,000 Jews killed in Pinsk Russia
1942-Alaska highway completed
1956-International zone of Tangier returned to Morocco
1956-Israeli paratroopers drop into the Sinai to open Straits of Tiran
1957-A hand grenade explodes in Israel's Knesset (Parliament)
1960-Muhammad Ali's (Cassius Clay's) 1st professional fight, beats Tunney Hunsaker in 6
1964-Town of Karmiel founded in the Galilee
1982-Paul McCartney & Michael Jackson release "The Girl is Mine"
1988-China announces a herbal male contraceptive
1990-30 die in a (5.7) earthquake in Algeria