1 of 6 | Former Secretary of the Interior, James Watt, wearing a cowboy hat, smiles and waves at the Santa Barbara Airport on boarding an airliner on October 16, 1983, to leave after a week and a half stay at a private ranch near here. During his stay, on October 9, Watt resigned as secretary of the interior. File Photo by Mike Hill/UPI | License Photo Oct. 9 (UPI) -- On this date in history: In 1888, 40 years after construction began, the Washington Monument opens to the public. Work on the obelisk was halted from 1854 to 1877...