The first of the Federalist Papers were published in the New York Independent on this day in 1787. The series of 85 essays, written by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison and John Jay, were published under the pen name "Publius."
On this day in 1978, Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin (left) and Egyptian President Anwar Sadat (Right) were both named winners of the Nobel Peace Prize for their progress toward achieving a Middle East accord.
(Left to right) Egyptian Pres. Anwar Sadat, U.S. Pres. Jimmy Carter, and Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin signing the Camp David Accords in the White House, Washington, D.C., September 17, 1978.
The cornerstone of the Executive Mansion was laid in Washington, DC. on this day in 1792. The building became known as the White House in 1818.
The 1903 World Series was the first modern World Series to be played in Major League Baseball. It was between the Boston Americans of the American League and the Pittsburgh Pirates of the National League in a best-of-nine series, with Boston prevailing five games to three, winning the last four.
Anthrax-laced letters were sent to Capitol Hill on this day in 2001.
On Oct. 7, 1985, the Italian cruise ship MS Achille Lauro was hijacked by four members of the Palestine Liberation Front off the coast of Egypt in the Mediterranean. The hijackers took the more than 400 passengers and crew members hostage and demanded the release of 50 Palestinians from Israeli prisons.
On this day in 1985, the hijackers surrendered on the condition that they and the hijacking mastermind Abu Abbas be given a plane to escape. However, on Oct. 10, the plane was intercepted by United States military aircraft and forced to land at a NATO base in Sicily, where Mr. Abbas and the hijackers were arrested.
The four Palestinian terrorists who hijacked the cruise ship.
Released hostages of the Achille Lauro liner hijacking are shown being taken ashore.
Palestinian militant Abu Abbas, mastermind of the 1985 Achille Lauro cruise ship hijacking was captured in Iraq April 2003. He died in US custody from a heart attack in 2004.
John Winston Ono Lennon (October 9, 1940 – December 8, 1980)
John Lennon became one of the most influential songwriters in the history of popular music after co-founding The Beatles with Paul McCartney and George Harrison. In 2008, Rolling Stone ranked John Lennon the fifth- greatest singer of all time. In 1987, he was posthumously inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame and twice posthumously inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame: first in 1988 as a member of the Beatles and again in 1994 as a solo artist.
One of the last photos of John Lennon before he was killed.
President Bill Clinton on January 26, 1998, watched by First Lady Hillary, rejects allegations of improper behavior with Monica Lewinsky.
After nearly 14 hours of debate, theJudiciary Committee of the U.S. House of Representatives recommended impeachment hearings against President Bill Clinton on two charges, one of perjury and one of obstruction of justice.
The Battle of Antietam took place during the American Civil War on this day in 1862. More than 23,000 men were killed, wounded, or missing. The Rebel advance was ended with heavy losses to both armies.
Dead Confederate soldiers from Starke’s Louisiana Brigade, on the Hagerstown Turnpike, north of the Dunker Church.
Casualties near the Dunker Church.
On this day in 1972, the series "M*A*S*H" premiered on CBS-TV.
