EVENTS:
- 1675 – Leibniz makes the first use of the long s (∫) as a symbol of the integral in calculus.
- 1863 – Eighteen countries meet in Geneva and agree to form the International Red Cross.
- 1921 – The Harvard University football team loses to Centre College, ending a 25 game winning streak. This is considered one of the biggest upsets in college football.
- 1960 – An airplane carrying the Cal Poly football team crashes on takeoff in Toledo, Ohio.
- 1969 – The first-ever computer-to-computer link is established on ARPANET, the precursor to the Internet.
- 1991 – The American Galileo spacecraft makes its closest approach to 951 Gaspra, becoming the first probe to visit an asteroid.
- 1999 – A large cyclone devastates Odisha, India.
- 2005 – Bombings in Delhi kill more than 60.
- 2014 – A mudslide in south-central Sri Lanka kills at least 16 people and more than 100 people missing.
- 2015 – China announces the end of One-child policy after 35 years.
- 2018 – A Boeing 737 MAX plane crashes after taking off from Jakarta, Indonesia killing 189 people on board.[36]
- 2020 – Jeremy Corbyn, Leader of the Labour Party and of the Opposition in the United Kingdom is suspended from the Labour Party following his response to findings from the EHRC on the issue of antisemitism within the party.
- 2022 – At least 156 die at a crowd crush during a Halloween celebration in Itaewon district, Seoul, South Korea.
- 2022 – At least 100 people are killed and over 300 are injured by a double car bombing in Mogadishu, Somalia.
BIRTHS:
- 1877 – Wilfred Rhodes, English cricketer and coach (d. 1973)
- 1881 – John DeWitt, American football player and hammer thrower (d. 1930)
- 1920 – Baruj Benacerraf, Venezuelan-American physician and immunologist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2011)
- 1921 – Baselios Thoma Didymos I, Indian metropolitan (d. 2014)
- 1931 – Vaali, Indian actor, poet, and songwriter (d. 2013)
- 1949 – Kieron Baker, English footballer
- 1949 – Paul Orndorff, American football player and wrestler
- 1974 – Michael Vaughan, English cricketer and sportscaster
- 1980 – B. J. Sams, American football player
- 1981 – Reemma Sen, Indian actress
- 1985 – Vijender Singh, Indian boxer
- 1991 – Grant Hall, English footballer
- 1994 – Danielle Hunter, American football player
HOLIDAYS and OBSERVANCES:
