On This Day in History O.T.D. Tuesday, October The American Library Association was founded in order to enhance learning and provide access to information for all American inventor Thomas Edison shows his first motion picture. On Oct. 6, 1981, Egyptian President Anwar Sadat was shot to death by Islamic militants while watching a military parade.
OTD Wednesday, October Ford Motor company’s first moving assembly line The motion picture association of America adopted a film-rating system Barry Bonds of the San Francisco Giants hit a record- breaking 73 home-runs. (762 career)
OTD Thursday, October The Great Chicago Fire erupted. The blaze destroyed four square miles of the city, killing about 250 people and leaving some 90,000 homeless U.S. President George W. Bush announces the establishment of the Office of Homeland Security A major earthquake flattened villages on the Pakistan-India border, killing an estimated 86,000.
OTD Friday, October Charles Walgreen, American pharmacist and businessman was born The Washington Monument officially opens to the general public North Korea announced it had conducted its first nuclear weapons test.