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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1981: Swimmer Amanda Beard, a seven-time Olympic medalist (a gold and two silvers in 1996 in Atlanta, a bronze in 2000 in Sydney, and a gold and two silvers in 2004 in Athens), is born in Newport Beach, Calif.