Content Lifted from WIkipediaOctober 2 - The Electronic Freedom of Information Act Amendments are signed by U.S. President Bill Clinton.
October 2 - The former prime minister of Bulgaria, Andrei Lukanov, is assassinated.
October 2 - An Aeroperu Boeing 757 crashes into the Pacific Ocean when the instruments fail just after takeoff from Lima Airport, killing all 70 on board.
October 6 - The government of New Zealand agrees to paying $130 million dollars worth of compensation for the loss of land suffered by the Maori population between the years of 1844 and 1864.
October 14 - The Dow Jones Industrial Average gains 40.62 to close at 6,010.00, the Dow's first close above 6,000.
October 15 - Several large strikes begin in various industries across Belgium in protest to the dismissal of the magistrate Jean-Marc Connerotte by the Supreme Court.
October 22 - A fire at La Planta prison in southwest Caracas, Venezuela kills 30 prisoners.
October 23 - The O.J. Simpson civil trial begins in Santa Monica, California.
October 30 - Fighting erupts when Banyamulenga Tutsis of Laurent Kabila in Zaire seize Uvira and proceed to kill Hutu refugees.
October 31 - A Brazilian TAM Fokker airliner crashes into a densely populated area of Sao Paulo, killing 103.
October 2 - The former prime minister of Bulgaria, Andrei Lukanov, is assassinated.
October 2 - An Aeroperu Boeing 757 crashes into the Pacific Ocean when the instruments fail just after takeoff from Lima Airport, killing all 70 on board.
October 6 - The government of New Zealand agrees to paying $130 million dollars worth of compensation for the loss of land suffered by the Maori population between the years of 1844 and 1864.
October 14 - The Dow Jones Industrial Average gains 40.62 to close at 6,010.00, the Dow's first close above 6,000.
October 15 - Several large strikes begin in various industries across Belgium in protest to the dismissal of the magistrate Jean-Marc Connerotte by the Supreme Court.
October 22 - A fire at La Planta prison in southwest Caracas, Venezuela kills 30 prisoners.
October 23 - The O.J. Simpson civil trial begins in Santa Monica, California.
October 30 - Fighting erupts when Banyamulenga Tutsis of Laurent Kabila in Zaire seize Uvira and proceed to kill Hutu refugees.
October 31 - A Brazilian TAM Fokker airliner crashes into a densely populated area of Sao Paulo, killing 103.
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