the first time since a pontoon bridge had been created by the Emperor Darius of Persia in 512 BC. Darius had lashed together 340 ships to create the temporary bridge. The opening of the long suspension bridge coincided with the fiftieth anniversary of the proclamation of the Republic of Turkey. The government of the Netherlands issued a nationwide ban on Sunday driving, beginning November 4, for private motor vehicles as a means of saving gasoline during the worldwide shortage of oil. The Judiciary Committee of the U.S. House of Representatives voted, 21 to 17, to begin consideration of the possible impeachment of U.S. President Nixon. The vote was split along party lines, with 21 Democrats voting for and 17 Republicans voting against. The cause of action that led to the landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision in FCC v. Pacifica Foundation'' began as the New York City radio station WBAI broadcast a recording of comedian George Carlin's "Seven dirty words" routine. Born: Maggie Haberman, American political journalist and bestselling author; in New York City Edge (ring name for Adam J. Copeland), Canadian professional wrestler and actor; in Orangeville, Ontario Ricardo Barroso Barroso, Mexican interior designer; in Mexico City Silvia Corzo, Colombian lawyer and TV journalist; in Bucaramanga October 31, 1973 (Wednesday) Three Provisional IRA members escaped from Dublin's Mountjoy Prison, aboard a hijacked helicopter that landed in the exercise yard. The helicopter rescued IRA leader Seamus Twomey, along with J. B. O'Hagan and Kevin Mallon. Color television was introduced to New Zealand as the New Zealand Broadcasting Corporation (NZBC) introduced transmissions using the Phase Alternating Line (PAL) system that was the standard in most of Europe, Asia, Africa and South America. A U.S. Secret Service agent testified to the Watergate grand jury that two of the nine subpoenaed Watergate tapes did not actually exist. One was a June 20, 1972, conversation that had taken place between U.S. President Nixon and John N. Mitchell, the director of the Committee for the Re-election of the President three days after the Watergate burglars had been arrested. The other was a conversation on April 15, 1973, between Nixon and White House counsel John Dean, the day before Dean was fired. Born: Abel Briones Ruiz, Mexican business owner and accused drug trafficker; in Matamoros, Tamaulipas Died: Paul Dudley White, 87, American heart surgeon who had provided life-saving treatment to U.S. President Eisenhower in 1955 Lucha Reyes,