The Red Cross is formed, the New York Stock Exchange crashes on "Black Tuesday," Cassius Clay fights for the first time, and John Glenn returns to space, all on this day.
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1971: Actress Winona Ryder, best known for roles in movie such as "Beetlejuice," "Heathers," "Edward Scissorhands," "The Age of Innocence," "Reality Bites" and "Little Women," is born under the birth name Winona Laura Horowitz in Olmsted County, Minn.