1927 - The first "talkie" opened in New York. The Jazz Singer starring Al Jolson was the first full-length feature film using spoken dialogue.
1928 - Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek became president of the Republic of China.
1973 - The Yom Kippur War started as Egypt and Syria launched attacks on Israeli positions on the East Bank of the Suez and the Golan Heights.
1978 - Iranian religious leader Ayatollah Khomeini was granted asylum in France after being expelled from Iran for his opposition to the Shah.
1981 - Egyptian President Anwar Sadat (1918-1981) was assassinated in Cairo
Birthday - Engineer and inventor George Westinghouse (1846-1914). He developed air brakes for trains and was later responsible for the adoption of alternating current (AC) systems for electric power transmission in the U.S.
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