1483 – German theologian, reformer and cleric Martin Luther was born.
1775- Congress forms US Marine Corps .
1891- American inventor Granville T. Woods patents electric railway.
1919- Russian inventor Mikhail Kalashnikov was born.
1938 – Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, Founder and first President of the Republic of Turkey passes away.
1975 – Chairman of the Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO) Yasser Arafat addresses the UN General Assembly in New York for first time.
1975- UN issues resolution No. 3379 on equating Zionism with Racism.
2013 – Haiyan typhoon hits Philippine, killing 10.000 persons.
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