Funeral Day for older man with Cancer
1517 Martin Luther nails his 95 Theses to the door of the church at Wittenberg in Germany.
1864 Nevada becomes the 36th state... Happy Birthday Nevada ... Celebrating Nevada Statehood !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
1892 The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Arthur Conan Doyle, is published.
1941 After 14 years of work, the Mount Rushmore National Memorial is completed.
1950 21-year-old Earl Lloyd becomes the first African-American to play in an NBA game when he takes the court in the season opener for the Washington Capitols.
Happy Birthday 1931 Dan Rather, journalist; anchor of CBS Evening News
1936 Michael Landon, actor (Bonanza, Little House on the Prairie & Highway to Heaven TV series).
1942 David Ogden Stiers, actor; best known for his role as Maj. Charles Emerson Winchester III on M*A*S*H* TV series (1977–1983).
Carve a Pumpkin Day
Happy Halloween ... Be Safe
