* [[John F. Kennedy]] begins his term as the 35th [[President of the United States]]. He later gives his famous "Decision to Go to [[Luna|the Moon]]" speech. * In [[2372]], [[Jake Sisko]] received a [[holosuite program]] from [[Nog]] featuring this season's [[New York Yankees]] [[baseball]] team against the [[1978]] [[Boston Red Sox]]. The outcome of the [[game]] was Yankees 7, Red Sox 3.
* '''October 27''' – NASA launches the first Saturn I rocket in Mission Saturn-Apollo 1.