Rehavam Ze’evi
Rehavam Ze’evi, Israeli tourism minister and founder of the right-wing Moledet party, assassinated by a member of the Popular Front of the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP); he was the first Israeli minister ever assassinated.
Albert Einstein
Due to rising anti-Semitism and anti-intellectualism in Hitler’s Germany, Albert Einstein immigrates to the United States. He makes his new home in Princeton, N.J.
Meeting with Sitting Bull
Brigadier General Alfred Terry meets with Sitting Bull in Canada to discuss the Indians’ return to the United States.
The Walt Disney Company
Walt Disney and Roy O. Disney founded The Walt Disney Company, which would go on to become one of the most renowned entertainment companies in the world.
China’s Atomic Bomb
China exploded an atomic bomb at 15:00 hours on October 16, 1964, thereby successfully carrying out its first nuclear test. This is a major achievement of the Chinese people in their struggle to strengthen their national defence and oppose the U.S. imperialist policy of nuclear blackmail and nuclear threats.
Marie Antoinette
Marie Antoinette’s trial began on 14 October 1793; she was convicted two days later by the Revolutionary Tribunal of high treason and executed, by guillotine, at the Place de la Revolution.
Shenzhou 5
China launched the Shenzhou 5 spacecraft, carrying astronaut Yang Liwei, who became the country’s first astronaut to travel in space.
Mikhail Gorbachev
Mikhail Gorbachev, leader of the USSR, receives Nobel Peace Prize for his work in making his country more open and reducing Cold War tensions.
Clayton Anti-Trust Act
Congress passes the Clayton Anti-Trust Act, which labor leader Samuel Gompers calls “labor’s charter of freedom.” The act exempts unions from anti-trust laws; strikes, picketing and boycotting become legal; corporate interlocking directorates become illegal, as does setting prices which would effect a monopoly.
Eric Robert Rudolph
Eric Robert Rudolph charged with the 1996 bombing during the Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia; It was one of several bombing incidents Rudolph carried out to protest legalized abortion in the US.