- 1775] Fleet's in: The Continental Congress orders the construction of a naval fleet for the U.S...
- 1843] The birth of the B'rith: The B'nai B'rith is founded in New York City...
- 1960] Debatable: Richard M. Nixon and JFK hold their 3rd televised presidential debate with Nixon in Hollywood and Kennedy in New York...
- 1960] The Walk-Off is born: The Pirates' Bill Mazeroski hits the 1st walk-off home run in World Series history as Pittsburgh wins the series over the Yankees...
- 1967] The ABA is born: Oakland beats Anaheim in the 1st ABA game in history, 134-129...
- 1970] "Happy Trails": Janis Joplin's ashes are scattered off the coast of California...1974] Ed Sullivan dies from cancer at 73...
- 1985] Wrap & Roll: Cardinal rookie Vince Coleman is injured prior to the NLCS when he's caught in Busch Stadium's automatic tarp. The Cardinals would go on to win the NL pennant but lose to KC in the World Series...
- 1996] Here's the kicker: Jet kicker Nick Lowery breaks Jan Stenerud's NFL field goal record with his 374 field goal...
- 1998] Locked out: The NBA cancels the first 2 weeks of the season because of a lockout of players...
- 1999] Not so grand: The JonBenet Ramsey grand jury is dismissed after 13 months when there's not enough evidence to charge anyone in the 6-year old's strangulation death...
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