^B{^#!16!4 October^N! National Day of Lesotho. Feast day of St Petronius of Bologna, St Francis of Assisi, and St Ammon.
^B{^B}The first Chinese Embassy in Washington, DC was opened. ^B{1905^B} Orville Wright became the first to fly an aircraft for over 33 minutes. ^B{1910^B} Portugal was proclaimed a republic when King Manuel II was driven from the country by a revolution. ^B{1911^B} Britain's first public escalator was switched on, at London's Earl's Court underground station. ^B{1957^B} The USSR's ^I{Sputnik I^I}, the first space satellite, was launched. ^B{1958^B} BOAC (now British Airways) began operating the first transatlantic passenger jet service. ^B{1965^B} Pope Paul VI visited New York to address the UN, becoming the first pope to visit the US. ^B{1983^B} A world record speed of 663.5 mph was achieved by Richard Noble in his jet-powered automobile ^I{Thrust II^I}, in Nevada. ^B{1993^B} In Moscow, the leaders of the pro-parliamentary rebels, among them Alexander Rutskoi and Ruslan Khusbulatov, surrendered to government forces.
^B{^I{^#!14!Born ^N}Giambattista Piranesi, Italian architect, ^B{1720^B}; Jean Franτois Millet, French painter, ^B{1814^B}; Engelbert Dollfuss, Austrian statesman, ^B{1892^B}; Buster Keaton, US comedian, ^B{1892^B}; Charlton Heston, US film actor, ^B{1924^B}; Terence Conran, British designer, ^B{1931^B}.
^B{^I{^#!14!Died ^N}Benozzo Gozzoli, Italian painter, ^B{1497^B}; Rembrandt, Dutch painter, ^B{1669^B}; John Rennie, Scottish civil engineer, ^B{1821^B}; Arthur Whitten Brown, pioneer aviator, ^B{1948^B}; Janis Joplin, US singer, ^B{1970^B}.
