1961 - Soviet Union tests a 58-megaton hydrogen bomb named Tsar Bomba, the most powerful nuclear weapon ever detonated
1988 - Brazilian McLaren driver Ayrton Senna wins the Japanese Grand Prix at Suzuka, his record 8th Grand Prix win of the season, and clinches his first Formula 1 World Drivers' Championship
1992 - MTA begins installing automated fare collection turnstiles in New York City
1997 - Argentine soccer star Diego Maradona announces his retirement from football on his 37th birthday
2014 - Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks win the 2014 Japan Series

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