Global Windows History

Year	Event
1998	In a blow to both Democrats and Republicans, President Clinton used his line-item veto to kill 38 military construction projects.
1994	Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and PLO chief Yasser Arafat held their first official meeting in Cairo, Egypt, to begin work on realizing terms of the Israeli-PLO accord.
1989	General Augusto Pinochet the president of Chile, conceded defeat in a referendum held the day before to determine whether he should receive a new eight-year term of office.
1983	Cardinal Terence Cooke, the spiritual head of the Archdiocese of New York, died at age 62.
1981	Egyptian President Anwar Sadat was shot to death by extremists while reviewing a military parade.
1979	Pope John Paul the Second, on a week-long US tour, became the first pontiff to visit the White House, where he was received by President Carter.
1973	War erupted in the Middle East as Egypt and Syria attacked Israel during the Yom Kippur holiday.
1948	The Tennessee Williams play Summer and Smoke opened on Broadway.
1939	In an address to the Reichstag, Adolf Hitler denied having any intention of war against France and Britain.
1927	The era of talking pictures arrived with the opening of The Jazz Singer, starring Al Jolson, a movie which featured both silent and sound-synchronized scenes.
1891	Charles Stewart Parnell, the Uncrowned King of Ireland, died in Brighton, England.
1889	The Moulin Rouge in Paris first opened its doors to the public.
1884	The Naval War College was established in Newport, Rhode Island.