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On this date in history:

In 1813, the Shawnee Indian Chief Tecumseh was killed while fighting on the side of the British during the War of 1812.

In 1882, Dr. Robert Goddard, Father of American Rocketry and a pioneer in the theoretical exploration of space, was born in Worcester, MA.

In 1918, Germany's Hindenburg Line was broken as World War I neared an end.

In 1921, the World Series is broadcast on the radio for the first time.

In 1935, Ethiopia asks the League of Nations to act against Italy to halt Italy's conquest of the country.

In 1947, President Harry Truman delivers the first televised White House address.

In 1955, the doors to the Disneyland Hotel are thrown open to the public.

In 1970, The Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) is founded.

In 1994, authorities said 53 members of a secretive religious cult were found dead -- the victims of murder or suicide -- over a two-day period in Switzerland and Canada.

In 2001, Barry Bonds hit his 71st home run, most by a player in one season, breaking Mark McGwire's 1998 Major League Baseball record. (The San Francisco Giants slugger finished the season with 73 homers.)

In 2005, scientists announced that a form of bird flu that spread directly to humans was the real cause of a 1918 pandemic that killed an estimated 50 million people worldwide.

In 2010, Faisal Shahzad, who left an explosives-laden vehicle in New York's Times Square, planning to detonate it on a busy night, was sentenced to life in prison.

In 2011, Steve Jobs, co-founder of Apple Inc. and hailed by his colleagues as a visionary and creative genius, died at age 56, two months after resigning as chief executive officer because he could no longer meet [his] duties and expectations.

In 2012, the U.S. Labor Department reported the unemployment rate fell to 7.8 percent, its lowest level since early 2009.

In 2013, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said the Pentagon would soon start recalling almost all of the 350,000 employees furloughed because of a partial government shutdown that began five days earlier. The recalls came under a new law exempting Defense Department workers from furloughs if they provide direct support to the military. (The shutdown lasted through Oct. 16.)

 


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