The British singer Cliff Richard was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II.
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Benjamin O. Davis Sr. became the first African American US Army brigadier general.
The original American horror film ''Halloween” premiered in Kansas City, Missouri, US.
The Battle of Agincourt between the English and the French took place.
London's last horse-drawn omnibus trip went from London Bridge Station to Moorgate.
Italian astronomer Giovanni Cassini discovered Iapetus, Saturn's third-largest moon.
