Organized by the Columbian Order, the first recorded “Columbus Day” was celebrated on this day.
Source
The Provisional Irish Republican Army attempted to assassinate British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher.
The cosmetics company CoverGirl featured their first-ever boy on the cover.
Christopher Columbus claimed he first saw land at present-day Bahamas.
Mariner IX took two photos of Mars' north pole.
The six billionth living human being was born.
