Benjamin O. Davis Sr. became the first African American US Army brigadier general.
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Italian astronomer Giovanni Cassini discovered Iapetus, Saturn's third-largest moon.
The original American horror film ''Halloween” premiered in Kansas City, Missouri, US.
Susan Smith murdered her two children and tried to pin on a made-up Black man.
London's last horse-drawn omnibus trip went from London Bridge Station to Moorgate.
The Battle of Agincourt between the English and the French took place.
