1087 William II is crowned King of England, and reigns until 1100.
1329 Anne of Bavaria (born) (died 1353)
1580 Sir Francis Drake finishes his circumnavigation of the Earth.
1687 The city council of Amsterdam votes to support William of Orange’s invasion of England, which became the Glorious Revolution.
1687 The Parthenon in Athens is partially destroyed by an explosion caused by the bombing from Venetian forces led by Morosini who are besieging the Ottoman Turks stationed in Athens.
1716 Antoine Parent (died), French mathematician (born 1666)
1758 Cosme Argerich (born), Argentinian physician (died 1820)
1767 Wenzel Müller (born), Austrian composer and conductor (died 1835)
1774 Johnny Appleseed (born), American environmentalist (died 1845)
1777 British troops occupy Philadelphia, Pennsylvania during the American Revolution.
1786 Protestors shut down the court in Springfield, Massachusetts in a military standoff that begins Shays’ Rebellion.
1789 Thomas Jefferson is appointed the first United States Secretary of State, John Jay is appointed the first Chief Justice of the United States, Samuel Osgood is appointed the first United States Postmaster General, and Edmund Randolph is appointed the first United States Attorney General.
1791 Théodore Géricault (born), French painter and lithographer (died 1824)
1792 Marc-David Lasource begins accusing Maximilien Robespierre of wanting a dictatorship for France.
1802 Jurij Vega (died), Slovenian mathematician and physicist (born 1754)
1820 Daniel Boone (died), American explorer (born 1734)
1849 Ivan Pavlov (born), Russian physiologist and physician, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1936)
1868 August Ferdinand Möbius (died), German mathematician and astronomer (born 1790)
1872 The first Shriners Temple (called Mecca) is established in New York City.
1874 Lewis Hine (born), American photographer and activist (died 1940)
1877 Hermann Grassmann (died), German mathematician and physicist (born 1809)
1881 Hiram Wesley Evans (born), American Ku Klux Klan leader (died 1966)
1886 Archibald Hill (born), English physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1977)
1887 Antonio Moreno (born), Spanish-American actor and director (died 1967)
1887 Barnes Wallis (born), English scientist and engineer, invented the Bouncing bomb (died 1979)
1888 T. S. Eliot (born), American-English publisher, playwright, and critic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1965)
1889 Gordon Brewster (born), Irish cartoonist (died 1946)
1889 Martin Heidegger (born), German philosopher (died 1976)
1892 Robert Staughton Lynd (born), American sociologist (died 1970)
1895 George Raft (born), American actor, singer, and dancer (died 1980)
1897 Pope Paul VI (born) (died 1978)
1898 George Gershwin (born), American pianist and composer (died 1937)
1902 Levi Strauss (died), German-American businessman, founded Levi Strauss & Co. (born 1829)
1907 New Zealand and Newfoundland each become dominions within the British Empire.
1909 Bill France, Sr. (born), American race car driver, founded NASCAR (died 1992)
1914 Achille Compagnoni (born), Italian skier and mountaineer (died 2009)
1914 Jack LaLanne (born), American fitness expert (died 2011)
1914 The United States Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is established by the Federal Trade Commission Act.
1918 World War I: The Meuse-Argonne Offensive, the bloodiest single battle in American history, begins.
1919 Barbara Britton (born), American actress (died 1980)
1919 Matilde Camus (born), Spanish poet (died 2012)
1925 Marty Robbins (born), American singer-songwriter, guitarist, actor, and race car driver (died 1982)
1926 Julie London (born), American singer and actress (died 2000)
1926 Manfred Mayrhofer (born), Austrian philologist (died 2011)
1927 Patrick O’Neal (born), American actor (died 1994)
1927 Robert Cade (born), American physician and educator, co-invented Gatorade (died 2007)
1933 As gangster Machine Gun Kelly surrenders to the FBI, he shouts out, “Don’t shoot, G-Men!”, which becomes a nickname for FBI agents.
1933 Ten convicts escape from the Indiana State Prison with guns smuggled into the prison by bank robber John Dillinger
1934 Steamship RMS Queen Mary is launched.
1937 Bessie Smith (died), American singer and actress (born 1894)
1937 Jerry Weintraub (born), American actor and producer
1945 Béla Bartók (died), Hungarian pianist and composer (born 1881)
1946 Andrea Dworkin (born), American activist and author (died 2005)
1946 John Gray (born), Canadian actor, playwright, and composer
1946 William Strunk, Jr. (died), American author and educator (born 1869)
1947 Hugh Lofting (died), English-American author and poet (born 1886)
1947 Lynn Anderson (born), American singer
1947 Philippe Lavil (born), French singer
1948 Olivia Newton-John (born), English-Australian singer-songwriter and actress
1950 Indonesia is admitted to the United Nations.
1950 United Nations troops recapture Seoul from North Korean forces.
1951 Hans Cloos (died), German geologist (born 1885)
1952 George Santayana (died), Spanish-American philosopher and author (born 1863)
1954 Craig Chaquico (born), American guitarist (Jefferson Starship)
1958 Robert Kagan (born), Greek-American historian and author
1959 Typhoon Vera, the strongest typhoon to hit Japan in recorded history, makes landfall, killing 4,580 people and leaving nearly 1.6 million others homeless.
1960 Fidel Castro announces Cuba’s support for the U.S.S.R.
1960 In Chicago, the first televised debate takes place between presidential candidates Richard M. Nixon and John F. Kennedy.
1968 Jim Caviezel (born), American actor
1969 Abbey Road, the last recorded album by The Beatles, was released.
1973 Concorde makes its first non-stop crossing of the Atlantic in record-breaking time.
1980 At the Oktoberfest terror attack in Munich 13 people died and 211 were injured.
1981 Baseball: Nolan Ryan sets a Major League record by throwing his fifth no-hitter.
1981 Serena Williams (born), American tennis player
1983 Soviet military officer Stanislav Petrov averts a likely worldwide nuclear war by correctly identifying a report of an incoming nuclear missile as a computer error and not an American first strike.
1984 The United Kingdom agrees to the handover of Hong Kong
1997 An earthquake strikes the Italian regions of Umbria and the Marche, causing part of the Basilica of St. Francis at Assisi to collapse.
1999 Bernadette O’Farrell (died), Irish actress (born 1924)
2000 Anti-globalization protests in Prague (some 20,000 protesters) turn violent during the IMF and World Bank summits.
2003 Robert Palmer (died), English singer-songwriter (The Power Station and Vinegar Joe) (born 1949)
2006 Byron Nelson (died), American golfer and coach (born 1912)
2008 Paul Newman (died), American actor, director, producer, and businessman, co-founded Newman’s Own (born 1925)
2009 Typhoon Ketsana hit the Philippines, China, Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos and Thailand, causing 700 fatalities.
2012 Eugene Genovese (died), American historian and author (born 1930)
2012 Sam Steiger (died), American journalist and politician (born 1929)
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