1912

Vice President James S. Sherman, running for a second term of office with President William Howard Taft, died six days before Election Day.

1938

The radio play “The War of the Worlds,” starring Orson Welles, aired on the CBS Radio Network.

1961

The Soviet Union tested a hydrogen bomb, the “Tsar Bomba,” with a force estimated at about 50 megatons.

1974

Muhammad Ali knocked out George Foreman in the eighth round of a scheduled 15-round bout known as the “Rumble in the Jungle,” in Kinshasa, Congo, to regain his world heavyweight title.

2005

Rosa Parks became the first woman to lie in honor in the U.S. Capitol Rotunda; President George W. Bush and congressional leaders paused to lay wreaths by the casket of the civil rights icon.

Birthdays

Football Hall of Fame coach Dick Vermeil is 88. Rock singer Grace Slick is 85. Songwriter Eddie Holland is 85. R&B singer Otis Williams (The Temptations) is 83. Actor Henry Winkler is 79. Country/rock musician Timothy B. Schmit (The Eagles) is 77. Actor Harry Hamlin is 73. Country singer T. Graham Brown is 70. Actor Kevin Pollak is 67. Actor Michael Beach is 61. Actor Nia Long is 54. Business executive/ex-presidential adviser Ivanka Trump is 43.