| 2012 | Women-only literary prizes are launched by Canada and Australia; the prize, formerly known as the Orange continues its search for a sponsor |
| 2012 | New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg announces the cancellation of the New York City Marathon due to the damage and devastation caused by Hurricane Sandy |
| 2011 | China makes its first orbital docking as its unmanned Shenzhou 8 spacecraft successfully docks with the orbiting Tiangong 1 space station module |
| 2011 | In Chicago, the Chicago Cubs baseball team fires their manager, Mike Quade |
| 2010 | According to Fudan University's survey results, 72.6% of Shanghai residents attended the Shanghai Expo; an average of 2.31 visits per resident |
| 2010 | U.S. voters go to the polls; Republicans win control of the House of Representatives with the largest number of seats gained since 1894 |
| 2004 | George W. Bush wins a second term as U.S. president, winning 51% of the popular vote |
| 2000 | International Space Station becomes permanently staffed |
| 1997 | "Barrymore," closes at Music Box Theater New York City after 240 performances |
| 1997 | 27th New York City Women Marathon won by Franziska Rochat-Moser of Switzerland 2:28:43 |
| 1997 | 28th New York City Marathon won by John Kagwe of Kenya in 2:08:12 |
| 1997 | Ralphs Senior Golf Classic |
| 1997 | Toray Japan Queens LPGA Cup |
| 1997 | Typhoon Linda kills at least 208 in southern Vietnam |
| 1997 | USA beats Japan 23-13 at LPGA Nichirei International |
| 1996 | "Hughie," closes at Circle in Sq Theater New York City |
| 1995 | "Busker Alley," premieres at St. James Theatre, New York |
| 1995 | "Sacrilege" opens at Belasco Theater New York City for 21 performances |
| 1995 | Spanish Broadcasting System buys New York radio station WPAT-FM for $83.5M |
| 1994 | Benzine explosion in Dronka Egypt, 400+ killed |
| 1993 | 1st commemorative bricks are laid at Bob Feller Memorial |
| 1993 | Actor Roger Moore (James Bond) has his enlarge prostate removed |
| 1993 | Christie Todd Whitman (R) elected 1st woman governor of New Jersey |
| 1993 | Dow Jones hits record 3697.64 |
| 1993 | Ehud Olmert elected mayor of Jerusalem |
| 1993 | Rudolph Guliani (R) elected 107th mayor of New York City |
| 1992 | 1st test flight of Airbus A330 |
| 1991 | Jermaine Jackson releases "Word to the Badd!!" anti Michael song |
| 1991 | Nevada makes biggest comeback in NCAA football history, overcoming a 35-pt deficit in the 3rd quarter and rallying to beat Weber State 55-49 |
| 1991 | Horse Racing Breeders' Cup Champs: Arazi, Black Tie Affair, Dance Smartly, Miss Alleged, Opening Verse, Pleasant Stage, Sheikh Albadou |
| 1990 | 1st NBA game at Target Center, Minnesota Timberwolves beat Mavericks 98-85 |
| 1989 | "Meet Me in St. Louis" opens at Gershwin Theater New York City for 253 performances |
| 1988 | 1st Mrs. America beauty pageant |
| 1988 | Computers virus strikes Pentagon, SDI research lab and 6 universities |
| 1988 | Mexican radio station erronously reports Mike Tyson dies in car crash |
| 1988 | Walt Weiss wins AL rookie of year (3rd straight for Oakland A's) |
| 1987 | Entertainer Lola Falona is diagnosed with multiple schlerosis |
| 1987 | Harrison releases "Cloud 9" and McCartney releases "All the Best" |
| 1986 | 16th New York City Women's Marathon won by Grete Waitz in 2:28:06 |
| 1986 | 17th New York City Marathon won by Gianni Poli in 2:11:06 |
| 1986 | Ayako Okamoto wins Nichirei Ladies Cup US-Japan Team Golf Championship |
| 1985 | Horse Racing Breeders' Cup Champs: Cozzene, Life's Magic, Pebbles, Precisionist, Proud Truth, Tasso, Twilight Ridge |
| 1984 | France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island |
| 1983 | Abp Hickey conducts papal investigation of Abp Hunthausen, Seattle |
| 1983 | President Reagan signs a bill establishing Martin L. King day |
| 1982 | Fire in Salung tunnel, Afghanistan, 1,000+ Russians die |
| 1982 | Nayoko Yoshikawa wins LPGA Pioneer Cup Golf Tournament |
| 1979 | Peter Shaffers musical "Amadeus," premieres in London |
| 1978 | Crew of Soyuz 29 returns to Earth aboard Soyuz 31 |
| 1978 | France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island |
| 1978 | U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site |
| 1977 | Phillies' Steve Carlton wins 2nd Cy Young Award |
| 1976 | Jimmy Carter defeats Gerald Ford for president |
| 1976 | New Jersey voters approve gambling for Atlantic City |
| 1976 | San Diego Padre Randy Jones wins NL Cy Young |
| 1975 | Ed Giacomin as a Red Wing returns to Mad Sq Garden beats Rangers 6-4 |
| 1975 | Summit in Houston opens - Rockets beat Milwaukee Bucks, 104-89 |
| 1974 | Art Modell gets snowed in and misses his 1st Cleveland Brown game in 33 yrs |
| 1974 | Braves trade Hank Aaron to Milwaukee Brewers for outfielder Dave May |
| 1974 | U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya U.S.S.R. |
| 1973 | "Barbra Streisand ...and Other Musical Instruments" airs on CBS TV |
| 1973 | OLADE (Latin American Energy Organization) forms |
| 1972 | Construction begins on Kingdome, Seattle |
| 1972 | Phillies' Steve Carlton wins unanimous NL Cy Young Award |
| 1972 | U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Semipalitinsk, Eastern Kazakhstan U.S.S.R. |
| 1971 | "Great Harp" opens at Martin Beck Theater New York City for 7 performances |
| 1971 | Orioles Pat Dobson no-hits Yomiuri Giants, 2-0 |
| 1970 | Cleveland Cavaliers lose by biggest margin-54 pts (Philadelphia 141-87) |
| 1969 | Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA River Plantation Women's Golf Open |
| 1969 | NFL record of 12 passing touchdowns, New Orleans Billy Kramer and St. L Charlie Johnson pass for 6 touchdowns each |
| 1968 | "Her First Roman" closes at Lunt Fontanne Theater New York City after 17 performances |
| 1966 | KHSD TV channel 11 in Lead, SD (ABC) begins broadcasting |
| 1964 | CBS purchases 80% of Yankees for $11,200,000, later buys remaining 20% |
| 1964 | Faisal succeeds Saudi as king of Saudi Arabia |
| 1963 | "Tambourines to Glory" opens at Little Theater New York City for 24 performances |
| 1963 | Only 1st-class cricket game played in Uganda, MCC vs. E African XI |
| 1962 | John F. Kennedy announces Cuban missile bases were being dismantled |
| 1961 | "Kean" opens at Broadway Theater New York City for 92 performances |
| 1961 | Max Frisch' "Andorra," premieres in Zurich |
| 1960 | Dmitri Sjostakovitch's 8th String quartet, premieres in Leningrad |
| 1960 | George Weiss, at 66, resigns as General Manager of New York Yankees |
| 1960 | Penguin Books publishes "Lady Chatterley's Lover" |
| 1960 | Roger Maris nips Mickey Mantle as AL MVP, 225-222 |
| 1959 | "Girls against the Boys" opens at Alvin Theater New York City for 16 performances |
| 1959 | Charles Van Doren confesses, TV quiz show-"21," was fixed |
| 1957 | 1st titanium mill opened, Toronto, Ohio |
| 1956 | Hungary appeals for United Nations assistance against Soviet invasion |
| 1956 | Israel captures Gaza and Sheham |
| 1955 | Clarton-Schwerdt and Schaffer discover polio virus |
| 1955 | David Ben-Gurion forms Israeli government |
| 1954 | Charles C. Diggs, Jr. elected Michigan's 1st black congressman |
| 1954 | J. S. Thurmond is 1st senator elected by write-in vote (SC) |
| 1954 | Taiwan and U.S. sign military pact |
| 1953 | Pakistan becomes islamic republic |
| 1950 | "Barrier" opens at Broadhurst Theater New York City for 4 performances |
| 1950 | Phillies reliever Jim Konstanty wins NL MVP |
| 1949 | Netherland recognizes Indonesia as a sovereign state |
| 1948 | Truman beats Dewey, confounding pollsters and newspapers |
| 1948 | WJZ TV channel 13 in Baltimore, MD (ABC) begins broadcasting |
| 1947 | 7th Ryder Cup: U.S. wins 11-1 at Portland CC Ore |
| 1947 | Howard Hughes' "Spruce Goose" flies for 1st (& last) time |
| 1944 | Auschwitz begins gassing inmates |
| 1944 | Canadian troops occupy Knokke |
| 1944 | U.S. 28th Infantry division opens assault on Schmidt Hurtgenwald |
| 1943 | Jewish ghetto of Riga Latvia is destroyed |
| 1942 | 11th day of battle at El Alamein: British assault on Tel el Aqqaqir |
| 1942 | Montgomery (Br) defeats Rommel (G) in battle of Alamein Egypt (WW II) |
| 1941 | German troops occupy Rostov |
| 1938 | Babe Ruth applies for job of St. Louis Browns' manager |
| 1938 | Jimmie Foxx wins his 3rd AL MVP |
| 1937 | AL batting champ Charlie Gehringer wins MVP |
| 1936 | 1st high-definition TV broadcast service, by BBC in London |
| 1934 | Babe Ruth tours Tokyo Japan |
| 1931 | Warren, Dixon and Young's musical "Laugh Parade," premieres in New York City |
| 1930 | Ras Tafari crowned Haile Selassie I, 225th emperor of Solmonic Dynasty |
| 1928 | Dmitri Sjostakovitch's 1st Symphony, L Stokovski premieres in Philadelphia |
| 1924 | Sunday Express publishes 1st British crossword puzzle |
| 1923 | Bloody street battles in Aken: pro-French separatists |
| 1923 | Bloody street fights in Aken (pro-French separatists driven) |
| 1923 | Stresemann's SPD-ministers in Germany, step down |
| 1922 | Allies deliberate over German mark |
| 1922 | Australian Qantas airways begins service |
| 1921 | Eugene O'Neill's "Anna Christie," premieres in New York City |
| 1920 | KDKA (Pittsburgh) goes on air as 1st commercial radio station |
| 1920 | Warren G. Harding elected president |
| 1917 | 1st U.S. soldiers killed in combat in WW I |
| 1917 | Balfour Declaration proclaims support for a Jewish state in Palestine |
| 1917 | Lansing-Ishii Agreement; U.S. recognizes Japan's privileges in China |
| 1916 | Ft. Vaux, Verdun, reconquered by France |
| 1915 | 1st U.S. election by proportional representation, Ashtabula, Ohio |
| 1914 | Great Britain annexes Cyprus |
| 1914 | Russia declares war on Turkey |
| 1914 | V Herbert and H Blossoms "Only Girl," premieres in New York City |
| 1913 | St. Louis Browns manager George Stovall is 1st to jump to Federal League |
| 1907 | Ottawa Mint Proclamation is published |
| 1904 | British newspaper, "Daily Mirror," begins publishing |
| 1903 | Lyceum Theater (New Lyceum) opens at 149 W 45th St. New York City |
| 1903 | New Amsterdam Theater opens at 214 W 42nd St. New York City |
| 1899 | Boers begin siege of Ladysmith Natal |
| 1898 | French government-Dupuy forms |
| 1898 | Theodor Herzl arrives in Jerusalem |
| 1895 | 29th Belmont: Fred Taral aboard Belmar wins in 2:11 |
| 1892 | Paul Verlaine visits Netherlands |
| 1889 | North Dakota becomes 39th and South Dakota becomes 40th state |
| 1881 | Dutch New-Malthusiaanse Union forms |
| 1880 | James A. Garfield (R) elected president |
| 1879 | In a 6-day footrace a Mr. Weston loses to a horse, 900 to 885 km |
| 1875 | Verney Cameroon reaches Benguela Angola, from Africa's east coast |
| 1854 | Cobblestone paving of Washington St. between Dupont and Kearny starts |
| 1852 | Franklin Pierce elected as president of U.S. |
| 1851 | Louis Napoleon takes power in France |
| 1841 | Akbar Khan successfully revolts against Shah Shuja in Afghanistan |
| 1835 | 2nd Seminole War begins in Osceola |
| 1824 | Popular presidential vote 1st recorded; Jackson beats J Q Adams |
| 1813 | Treaty of Fulda |
| 1783 | General Washington bids farewell to his army |
| 1772 | Boston: anti-English Committee of Correspondence forms |
| 1749 | English Ohio Trade Company forms 1st trade post |
| 1722 | Willem KH Friso (11) appointed viceroy of Gelderland |
| 1648 | 12,000 Jews massacred by Chmielnicki hordes in Narol Podlia |
| 1642 | 2nd battle at Breitenfeld Saksen: Sweden beat Ferdinand III |
| 1532 | Zealand/South Holland flooded |
| 1418 | Utrecht conquerors Ijsselstein |
| 1355 | English invasion army under king Edward lands at Calais |
| 1327 | King Alfonso IV of Aragon crowned |
| 676 | Donus begins his reign as Catholic Pope replacing Pope Adeodatus II |
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