877 Charles the Bald (died), Roman emperor (born 823)
1582 Because of the implementation of the Gregorian calendar, this day is skipped in Italy, Poland, Portugal and Spain.
1600 Jacopo Peri’s Euridice, the earliest surviving opera, receives its première performance in Florence, signifying the beginning of the Baroque Period
1683 German immigrant families found Germantown in the colony of Pennsylvania, marking the first major immigration of German people toAmerica.
1846 George Westinghouse (born), American engineer and inventor (died 1914)
1876 The American Library Association was founded.
1884 The Naval War College of the United States Navy is founded in Newport, Rhode Island.
1889 American inventor Thomas Edison shows his first motion picture.
1892 Alfred, Lord Tennyson (born), English poet (born 1809)
1914 Thor Heyerdahl (born), Norwegian explorer (died 2002)
1917 Fannie Lou Hamer (born), American activist (died 1977)
1927 Opening of The Jazz Singer, the first prominent talking movie.
1944 José Carlos Pace (born), Brazilian race car driver (died 1977)
1951 Will Keith Kellogg, American businessman, founded the Kellogg Company (born 1860)
1973 Egypt launches a coordinated attack with Syria against Israel leading to the Yom Kippur War.
1973 François Cevert (died), French Formula One racer (born 1944)
1977 The first prototype of the MiG-29, designated 9-01, makes its maiden flight.
1979 Pope John Paul II becomes the first pontiff to visit the White House.
1981 Egyptian President Anwar al-Sadat is assassinated.
2000 Yugoslav president Slobodan Milošević resigns.
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