2007 – Turkish journalist Hrant Dink is assassinated
The murderer was a 17-year old Turkish nationalist who disagreed with Dink's view on the Turkish denial of the Armenian Genocide of 1915.
1983 – Nazi war criminal Klaus Barbie is arrested in Bolivia
Barbie was known as the “Butcher of Lyon”.
1966 – Indira Gandhi becomes India's first female prime minister
She was assassinated on October 31, 1984.
1915 – Georges Claude patents his neon discharge tube
Neon lighting soon became popular for outdoor advertising.
1829 – Goethe's “Faust” (Part 1) is premiered
The work is considered one of the greatest works of German literature.
1946 – Dolly Parton
American singer-songwriter, actress
1943 – Janis Joplin
American singer-songwriter
1839 – Paul Cézanne
French painter
1809 – Edgar Allan Poe
American author, poet
1807 – Robert E. Lee
American general
2015 – Adam Yahiye Gadahn
American terrorist
2007 – Hrant Dink
Turkish/Armenian journalist
1990 – Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh
Indian mystic, guru, educator
1874 – August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben
German poet
1865 – Pierre-Joseph Proudhon
French politician, philosopher, economist
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