^B{^#!16!28 October^N! Feast day of Saints Anastasia and Cyril, St Faro, St Abraham of Ephesus, St Salvius or Saire, St Simon, St Jude or Thaddeus, and St Fidelis of Como.
^B{1636^B} Harvard University, the first in the US, was founded. ^B{1746^B} An earthquake demolished Lima and Callao, in Peru. ^B{1831^B} English chemist and physicist Michael Faraday demonstrated the first dynamo. ^B{1886^B} The Statue of Liberty, designed by Auguste Bartholdi, was presented by France to the US to mark the 100th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence. ^B{1893^B} HMS ^I{Havelock^I}, the Royal Navy's first destroyer, went on trials. ^B{1914^B} George Eastman, of Eastman Kodak Company, announced the introduction of a color photographic process. ^B{1971^B} By a margin of 112 votes, the House of Commons backed Prime Minister Heath's decision to apply for EEC membership. ^B{1982^B} Felipe Gonzßlez became Spain's first Socialist prime minister, with a sweeping electoral victory.
^B{^I{^#!14!Born ^N}Evelyn Waugh, English novelist, ^B{1903^B}; Francis Bacon, British painter, ^B{1909^B}; Jonas Salk, US microbiologist, ^B{1914^B}; Cleo Laine, British singer, ^B{1927^B}; Carl Davis, US composer, ^B{1936^B}; Hank Marvin, English guitarist, ^B{1941^B}.
^B{^I{^#!14!Died ^N}John Locke, English philosopher, ^B{1704^B}; John Smeaton, English civil engineer, ^B{1792^B}; Ottmar Mergenthaler, German inventor of the Linotype, ^B{1899^B}; Georges Carpentier, French boxer, ^B{1975^B}; Woody Herman, US bandleader, ^B{1987^B}; Pietro Annigoni, Italian painter, ^B{1988^B}.
