Oct. 10, 1978 - Bomb's Away!
Aerosmith front man Steven Tyler and lead guitarist Joe Perry are injured when a crazed fan throws a cherry bomb on stage during a
show in Philadelphia. The next time the band made it to the "City of Brotherly Love," Steven was
hit in the face with a bottle while onstage. Ouch!
Oct. 11, 1995 - Chop Chop!
John Wayne Bobbitt has plastic surgery to increase his penis size 3 inches, almost 2.5 years after his wife Lorena cut nearly half of if off. They were divorced the same year.
Oct. 12, 1773 - Insane in the Membrane...
Eastern State Hospital, America's first insane asylum, opened for 'Persons of Insane and Disordered Minds' in Virginia. It remains in operation today.
Oct. 13, 1967 - Game On!
The first game in the history of the American Basketball Association is played as the Anaheim Amigos lose to the Oakland Oaks 134-129 in Oakland, Calif. (The ABA merged with the NBA in 1976.)
Oct. 14, 1964 - I Have a Dream...
Martin Luther King Jr. receives the Nobel Peace Prize for combating racial inequality through nonviolence.
Oct. 15, 1951 - Lucy... I'm Home!
"I Love Lucy" debuts on CBS TV. It lives on in reruns, continuing in more than 77 countries, in 22 different languages.
Oct. 16, 1987 - Wishes do come true...
After 58 hours trapped underground in a well, Jessica McClure (Baby Jessica) is rescued. Today, she is a 26 year old married mother of 2, and has no first-hand memory of the event.
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