1780 The Great Hurricane of 1780 kills 20,000 to 30,000 people in the Caribbean
1802 The first non-Indian settlement in Oklahoma
1845 The Naval School (US Naval Academy) opens at Annapolis
1846 Neptune's moon 'Triton' is discovered by William Lassell
1854 The US Assay Office in New York City, New York opens
1857 The American Chess Association is formed in New York City
1865 John Hyatts patents the billiard ball
1868 Cuba revolts for independence against Spain
1868 Declaration of the plan of Yara in Cuba
1874 Fiji becomes a British possession
1886 The first dinner jacket is worn to an autumn ball at Tuxedo Park, New York
1913 Gamboa Dam in Panama is blown up
1914 German forces route Belgians in Antwerp, Belgium in WW I
1932 "Betty and Bob" premiers on radio
1933 The first synthetic detergent for home use is marketed
1935 George Gershwin's "Porgy and Bess" opens on Broadway
1938 Germany completed annexation of Czechoslovakia's Sudetenland
1943 Chiang Kai-shek takes his oath of office as the president of China
1947 The play "Allegro" opens at the Majestic Theater on Broadway
1957 President Eisenhower apologizes to finance minister of Ghana, Komla Agbeli Gbdemah, after he is refused service in a Dover, Delaware restaurant
1961 Otis M. Smith is appointed to the Michigan Supreme Court
1963 The treaty banning atmospheric nuclear tests is signed by the US, UK, USSR
1964 18th modern Olympic games open in Tokyo
1968 Beatle George Harrison forms Singsong Ltd
1970 Fiji gains independence from Britain
1973 Vice president Spiro T. Agnew pleads no contest to tax evasion and resigns
1974 Canadian John Hathaway begins his 2-year bicycle ride of 50,600 miles
1975 Liz Taylor's 6th marriage: Richard Burton – again!
1976 Greece's 98 year old Dimitrion Yordanidis becomes oldest man to compete in a marathon. He finishes in 7:33
1978 President Carter signs a bill authorizing the Susan B. Anthony dollar
1979 Panama assumes sovereignty over the Canal Area
1980 4,500 people die when a pair of earthquakes strikes northwest Algeria
1980 The New Mexico Very Large Array (VLA) radio telescope network dedicated
1981 Anwar Sadat's funeral service is held in Cairo, Egypt
1983 Israel's Knesset votes 60-53 to endorse Yitzhak Shamir as Prime Minister
1985 Actor Orson Welles, Citizen Kane, dies at 70
1985 Actor Yul Brynner dies of cancer at 70
1985 US fighter jets force Egyptian plane carrying hijackers of Italian ship Achille Lauro to land in Italy. The hijackers are placed in custody.
1986 A 7.5 Earthquake strikes San Salvador, El Salvador
1986 Israel Prime Minister Shimon Peres resigns
1987 Bruce Springsteen releases "Tunnel of Love"
1991 Disgruntled ex-postal worker Joseph Harris kills 4 postal workers
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