79 – Believed until 2018 to be the date of the massive eruption of Mt. Vesuvius which buried the cities of Pompeii, Herculaneum, Oplontis and Stabiae, killing untold thousands, latest evidence suggests the eruption occurred after 17 October
1787 – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart completes his violin and piano sonata in A, K526
1857 – The Panic of 1857 begins, setting off one of the most severe economic crises in U.S. history
1893 – Tornado destroys the coast of Savannah, Georgia, and Charleston, South Carolina; about 1,000 people die
1938 – Virgil Trucks strikes out his 418th batter, the highest season total in organized baseball, for Andalusia in an Alabama-Florida League game
1972 – Dennis Amiss scores the first one-day international century, 103 against Australia
1984 – Pat Bradley sets an LPGA record for 9 holes with a 28 during the second round of the Columbia Savings National at Green Gables Country Club, Denver, CO
2004 – Americans Kerri Walsh and Misty May team up to win the women’s beach volleyball gold at the Athens Olympics beating Brazilian pair Shelda Bede and Adriana Behar 21–17, 21–11
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