Local

Oct. 28, 1989: The Wheel Inn Café of Glenville sustained major damage from a fire. Fire departments from Glenville, Albert Lea and Myrtle responded to fight the blaze. The cafe had been closed for three years, but the owners still resided in the business.

Oct. 31, 1969: The Evening Tribune reported that Charles Barnick of Hayward was killed in action in Vietnam. Barnick enlisted in the U.S. Army and completed basic training at Fort Campbell, Kentucky. Barnick was a nominee for the Purple Heart.

Nov. 4, 1959: A general strike was called at Wilson packing plants. United Packinghouse Workers of America called in eight plants across the country, ending virtually all production. The strike idled 1,100 workers in Albert Lea and 5,200 nationally.

Nov. 1, 1959: James D. Cooney, president of Wilson & Co., advised local officials that “Wilson & Co. representatives will not meet with representatives of the national office of the United Packinghouse Workers of America until Wilson employees have returned to work and plants are operating on a normal basis.”

 

National

2018: A new-generation Boeing jet operated by the Indonesian budget airline Lion Air crashed in the Java Sea minutes after takeoff from Jakarta, killing all 189 people on board; it was the first of two deadly crashes involving the 737 Max, causing the plane to be grounded around the world as Boeing worked on software changes to a flight-control system.

2017: All but 10 members of the Houston Texans took a knee during the national anthem, reacting to a remark from team owner Bob McNair to other NFL owners that “we can’t have the inmates running the prison.”

2014: Ordering firm restrictions for U.S. troops returning from West Africa, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said the military men and women helping fight Ebola had to undergo 21-day quarantines upon their return — longer than required for many civilian health care workers.

2012: Superstorm Sandy slammed ashore in New Jersey and slowly marched inland, devastating coastal communities and causing widespread power outages; the storm and its aftermath were blamed for at least 182 deaths in the U.S.

2009: President Barack Obama paid a post-midnight visit to Dover Air Force Base in Delaware to honor the return of 18 soldiers killed in Afghanistan.

1998: Sen. John Glenn, 77, roared back into space aboard the shuttle Discovery, retracing the trail he had blazed for America’s astronauts 36 years earlier.

1960: A chartered plane carrying the California Polytechnic State University football team crashed on takeoff from Toledo, Ohio, killing 22 of the 48 people on board.

1929: “Black Tuesday” descended upon the New York Stock Exchange. Prices collapsed amid panic selling and thousands of investors were wiped out as America’s “Great Depression” began.

1787: The opera “Don Giovanni” by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart had its world premiere in Prague.