On this day in conspiracies

Bolivian Rangers ambush the guerrillas in the Quebrada del Yuro ravine near La Higuera. Guevara, wounded in the leg and with his rifle disabled, is captured alive and taken to the village, where he is held in the schoolhouse.

The Inspector General's Volume II (the Contra Story) is released unclassified. It acknowledges that the CIA worked with, and did not act to cut off, numerous individuals and organizations tied to the Contras despite allegations or information of drug trafficking, and describes a 1982 arrangement that limited the agency's duty to report such trafficking. Many read it as partial vindication of Webb; the papers that attacked him give it little coverage.

The CIA Inspector General releases Volume II of Frederick Hitz's investigation. It denies that the CIA as an organization conspired to traffic drugs, but concedes the agency knew of allegations against dozens of Contra-linked individuals and did not consistently sever ties.

Bobby, Sherilynn, and Madyson Jamison leave their home in Eufaula, Oklahoma, reportedly to look at a 40-acre plot of land near Red Oak, in Latimer County. Home surveillance recorded that day shows the couple making many slow, near-silent trips loading their truck. It is the last confirmed sighting of the family.

The second eclipse falls on Sukkot (the Feast of Tabernacles). NASA and astronomers repeatedly note that tetrads are common in this era and fully predictable, and that the alignment with Jewish feasts follows from the calendar, not the miraculous.