Local

Oct. 23, 1989: The Vienna Choir Boys gave a concert for the Albert Lea Music Association at L.J. “Cap” Emmons auditorium.

Oct. 25, 1979: Country Western singer Johnny Cash spent the night at Kahler Motel in Albert Lea following a concert at Riverside Arena in Austin.

Oct. 22, 1979: Rochester received a record 5.4 inches of snowfall; the Weather Bureau reported that Albert Lea received a total of 1.36 inches of snow.

Oct. 27, 1959: Rank and file members of the United Packinghouse Workers of America Local Six voted to return to work at Wilson & Co. following a dispute over working hours.

Oct. 23, 1959: A women’s council of the Albert Lea League of United Latin American Citizens was formed. The purpose of the women’s council and the League of United Latin American Citizens organization was to help educate persons of Spanish descent.

 

National

2018: President Donald Trump declared the U.S. would start cutting aid to three Central American countries he accused of failing to stop thousands of migrants heading for the U.S. border.

2014: A gunman shot and killed a soldier standing guard at a war memorial in Ottawa, then stormed the Canadian Parliament before he was shot and killed by the usually ceremonial sergeant-at-arms.

2009: Mortars fired by Islamic militants slammed into Somalia’s airport as President Sheik Sharif Sheik Ahmed boarded a plane, sparking battles that killed at least 24 people; the president was not hurt.

2002: Bus driver Conrad Johnson was shot to death in Aspen Hill, Maryland, in the final attack carried out by the “Beltway Snipers.”

2001: A second Washington, D.C., postal worker, Joseph P. Curseen, died of inhalation of anthrax.

1995: The largest gathering of world leaders in history marked the 50th anniversary of the United Nations.

1991: The European Community and the European Free Trade Association concluded a landmark accord to create a free trade zone of 19 nations by 1993.

1986: President Ronald Reagan signed into law sweeping tax-overhaul legislation.

1979: The U.S. government allowed the deposed Shah of Iran to travel to New York for medical treatment — a decision that precipitated the Iran hostage crisis.

1962: In a nationally broadcast address, President John F. Kennedy revealed the presence of Soviet-built missile bases under construction in Cuba and announced a quarantine of all offensive military equipment being shipped to the Communist island nation.

 

— Information gathered from Albert Lea Tribune archives and the Associated Press.