Today is the 298th day of 2012 and the 33rd day of autumn.

TODAY'S HISTORY: In 1940, the 40-hour workweek went into effect.

In 1987, the Teamsters union was readmitted to the AFL-CIO, 30 years after its expulsion.

In 2002, authorities arrested John Allen Muhammad and Lee Boyd Malvo in connection with Washington, D.C.-area sniper attacks.

In 2003, the last commercial Concorde flight was made.

TODAY'S BIRTHDAYS: Sarah Josepha Hale (1788-1879), writer/publisher; Bob Kane (1915-1998), cartoonist; Bill Wyman (1936- ), musician; F. Murray Abraham (1939- ), actor; Kevin Kline (1947- ), actor; B.D. Wong (1962- ), actor; Monica (1980- ), singer; Drake (1986- ), actor/rapper; Shenae Grimes (1989- ), actress.

TODAY'S SPORTS: In 1992, the Toronto Blue Jays defeated the Atlanta Braves 4-3 to win World Series Game 6, becoming the first Canadian team to win the Major League Baseball championship.

TODAY'S QUOTE: "Nothing will work unless you do." -- Maya Angelou

TODAY'S FACT: The minimum wage was 40 cents per hour in 1945.

TODAY'S NUMBER: 128 -- maximum number of passengers accommodated by Concorde supersonic planes.

TODAY'S MOON: Between first quarter (Oct. 21) and full moon (Oct. 29).

Today is the 297th day of 2012 and the 32nd day of autumn.

TODAY'S HISTORY: In 1946, the United Nations General Assembly met in New York for the first time.

In 1983, a suicide truck bombing in Beirut killed 241 U.S. military personnel.

In 1996, the civil trial on O.J. Simpson's liability in the deaths of his ex-wife and a friend opened in Santa Monica, Calif.

In 2001, Apple announced the first iPod, which cost $399 and offered five gigabytes of storage.

TODAY'S BIRTHDAYS: Adlai Stevenson (1835-1914), politician; Gertrude Ederle (1905-2003), swimmer; Johnny Carson (1925-2005), TV personality/comedian; Pele (1940- ), soccer player; Michael Crichton (1942-2008), writer; Ang Lee (1954- ), filmmaker; Dwight Yoakam (1956- ), singer; Sam Raimi (1959- ), director; "Weird Al" Yankovic (1959- ), singer/satirist; Ryan Reynolds (1976- ), actor.

TODAY'S SPORTS: In 1921, the Green Bay Packers played their first NFL game, defeating the Minneapolis Marines by the score of 7-6.

TODAY'S FACT: "Westworld," a 1973 science fiction film written and directed by Michael Crichton, was the first movie to use computer-generated images.

TODAY'S QUOTE: "The only thing money gives you is the freedom of not worrying about money." -- Johnny Carson

TODAY'S NUMBER: 26 -- members of the United Nations when it first convened in 1946.

TODAY'S MOON: Between first quarter (Oct. 21) and full moon (Oct. 29).

Today is the 296th day of 2012 and the 31st day of autumn.

TODAY'S HISTORY: In 1954, West Germany joined the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO).

In 1962, President John F. Kennedy announced a naval and air "quarantine" of Cuba in a televised speech, after discovery of Soviet missiles there.

In 1979, President Jimmy Carter allowed the deposed Shah of Iran to enter the United States for medical treatment.

In 2005, Tropical Storm Alpha marked the first time an Atlantic storm had to be designated with a Greek letter, after the annual list of 21 names had been exhausted.

TODAY'S BIRTHDAYS: Franz Liszt (1811-1886), composer; Sarah Bernhardt (1844-1923), actress; Timothy Leary (1920-1996), psychologist/author; Christopher Lloyd (1938- ), actor; Tony Roberts (1939- ), actor; Annette Funicello (1942- ), actress/singer; Jeff Goldblum (1952- ), actor; Marc Shaiman (1959- ), composer; Spike Jonze (1969- ), filmmaker; Jesse Tyler Ferguson (1975- ), actor.

TODAY'S SPORTS: In 1975, the Boston Red Sox lost Game 7 of the World Series to the Cincinnati Reds, despite an early 3-0 lead.

TODAY'S FACT: A clandestine operation known as Operation Peter Pan sent more than 14,000 Cuban children to the United States between 1960 and 1962, as parents feared their children would be taken against their will to military schools and labor camps in the wake of the Cuban revolution.

TODAY'S QUOTE: "If you want to change the way people respond to you, change the way you respond to people." -- Timothy Leary

TODAY'S NUMBER: 28 -- NATO member states in 2012.

TODAY'S MOON: Between first quarter (Oct. 21) and full moon (Oct. 29).