Bob Beamon of the United States shatters the world record in the long jump at the Summer Olympics in Mexico City. Beamon’s leap of 29 feet and 2 1-2 inches betters the mark by one foot, 9 3-4 inches.
The town of Niagara-on-the-Lake has completed its first round of interviews for the position of chief administrative officer — a role currently held by interim CAO Bruce Zvaniga.
NEW YORK, Oct. 16 (Xinhua) -- An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.9 jolted 40 km SSW of Jurm, Afghanistan at 18:56:51 GMT on Wednesday, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) said.