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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1994: Francisco Martin Duran fires 29 shots from an SKS rifle at the White House from Pennsylvania Avenue. Duran would later be convicted of trying to kill President Bill Clinton and be sentenced to 40 years in prison.