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WEDNESDAY, Oct. 9, 2024

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1446-Korean Hangeul alphabet devised

1930-First transcontinental flight by a woman completed, Laura Ingalls

1936-Hoover Dam begins transmitting electricity to L.A.

1947-First telephone conversation between a moving car & a plane

1961-Tanganyika becomes independent within the British Commonwealth

1963-Uganda becomes a republic within the British Commonwealth

1965-Beatles' "Yesterday," single goes No. 1 & stays No. 1 for 4 weeks

1970-Khmer Republic (Cambodia) declares independence

1973-Elvis & Priscilla Presley divorce after 6 years

1975-Emperor Hirohito of Japan visits S.F.

1975-Soviet dissident Andrei Sakharov wins Nobel Peace Prize

1983-Four South Korean cabinet ministers assassinated in Rangoon, Burma

1984-Kathy Sullivan becomes first U.S. woman to walk in space

1990-Saddam threatens to hit Israel with a new missile



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