1910

A coal dust explosion at the Starkville Mine in Colorado left 56 miners dead.

1967

Marxist revolutionary guerrilla leader Che Guevara, 39, was executed by the Bolivian army a day after his capture.

1985

Strawberry Fields in New York’s Central Park, a memorial to former Beatle John Lennon, was dedicated.

2009

President Barack Obama won the Nobel Peace Prize for what the Norwegian Nobel Committee called “his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples.”

2012

Former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky was sentenced in Bellefonte, Pennsylvania, to 30 to 60 years in prison following his conviction on 45 counts of sexual abuse of boys.

Birthdays

Musician Nona Hendryx is 80. Musician Jackson Browne is 76. Actor Robert Wuhl is 73. TV personality Sharon Osbourne is 72. Actor Tony Shalhoub is 71. Actor Scott Bakula is 70. Film director Guillermo del Toro is 60. Singer P.J. Harvey is 55. Film director Steve McQueen is 55. Golf Hall of Famer Annika Sorenstam is 54. Musician Sean Lennon is 49. Actor Brandon Routh is 45. Comedian Melissa Villasenor is 37. NFL tight end George Kittle is 31. Model Bella Hadid is 28.