Michael Crichton 1942 - Author, director, physician ("Jurassic Park")
- 1929 - In the U.S., the Dow Jones Industrial Average plunged starting the stock-market crash that began the Great Depression.
- 1956 - Hungarian citizens began an uprising against Soviet occupation. On November 4, 1956 Soviet forces enter Hungary and eventually suppress the uprising.
- 1962 - During the Cuban Missile Crisis, the U.S. naval "quarantine" of Cuba was approved by the Council of the Organization of American States (OAS).
- 1971 - The U.N. General Assembly voted to expel Taiwan and seat Communist China.
- 1989 - Hungary became an independent republic, after 33 years of Soviet rule.
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