Bavarian Crown Price Ludwig married Princess Therese of Hildburghausen in Munich. Their wedding celebration lasted for days, and became a yearly tradition known today as “Oktoberfest.” –
An iron lung respirator used for the first time in Boston, MA –
The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show made its television debut. Burns and Allen had been on the radio since 1935 –
Canadian Prime Minister Lester Pearson won Nobel Peace Prize –
U.S.S.R.’s Voskhod 1 launched –
The U.S. Navy concluded its Sealab II program, in which teams of aquanauts lived and worked in a capsule submerged off the California coast –
19th Summer Olympic games began, Mexico City, Mexico –
Jesus Christ Superstar, the Broadway musical by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice, premieres in New York –
Vice President Al Gore and the U.N.’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change won the Nobel Peace Prize –
Weather
The Columbus Day “Big Blow” in Oregon and Washington brought 100 mph winds, damaging trees and killing 48 people –
