q On Oct. 6, 1866, the Reno gang carries out the first robbery of a moving train in the U.S., taking more than $10,000 from an Ohio & Mississippi train in Jackson County, Ind. Previously, holdups had taken place only on trains sitting at stations or freight yards.

q On Oct. 10, 1845, the U.S. Naval Academy opens in Annapolis as the Naval School. The school officially became the U.S. Naval Academy in 1850, when a new curriculum went into effect, requiring midshipmen to study at the academy for four years and to train aboard ships.

q On Oct. 7, 1913, for the first time, Henry Ford’s entire Highland Park, Mich., automobile factory is run on a moving assembly line, cutting the man-hours required to complete one “Model T” from 12.5 hours to six. Within a year, further improvements slashed the time to 93 man-minutes.

q On Oct. 9, 1934, the St. Louis Cardinals defeat the Detroit Tigers in the seventh game of the World Series. The Cardinals’ “Gashouse Gang” nickname had to do with the team’s close resemblance to the rowdy, dirt-streaked thugs who hung around the Gashouse District on Manhattan’s East Side.

q On Oct. 12, 1945, PFC Desmond T. Doss of Lynchburg, Va., is presented the Congressional Medal of Honor for outstanding bravery, the first conscientious objector to receive the award. Doss, an Army medic, put his life in peril during the battle for Okinawa, saving dozens of lives.

• On Oct. 11, 1950, the Federal Communications Commission issues CBS the first license to broadcast color television. However, RCA contested the license and a restraining order was issued. Despite this setback, CBS did broadcast the first color TV program in June 1951.

• On Oct. 8, 1998, the U.S. House of Representatives votes to impeach President Bill Clinton on charges of perjury and obstruction of justice. He was acquitted after a five-week trial. Clinton was the first president to be impeached by the House since Andrew Johnson in 1868.

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