On this day in history
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Source: HistoryNet.com
1801: Napoleon Bonaparte imposes a new constitution on Holland.
1847: Charlotte Bronte's novel Jane Eyre is published in London.
1973: Israel is taken by surprise when Egypt, Syria, Iraq and Jordan attack on the Jewish holy day of Yom Kippur, beginning the Yom Kippur War.
1981: Egyptian president Anwar el-Sadat is assassinated in Cairo by Islamic fundamentalists. He is succeeded by Vice President Hosni Mubarak.
1995: Astronomers discover 51 Pegasi is the second star known to have a planet orbiting it.
2007: Explorer and author Jason Lewis becomes the first person to complete a human-powered circumnavigation of the globe.
