- 1701] Eli's coming: The Collegiate School of Connecticut is chartered in New Haven. The name of the school will be changed to Yale...
- 1855] Sewn up: Isaac Singer patents the sewing machine motor. The Singer Sewing Machine will become the standard for all sewing machines and still is...
- 1872] Mail order is born: Aaron Montgomery Ward starts his mail-order business with the delivery of the first mail order catalog. The firm becomes Montgomery-Ward...
- 1958] "Happy Trails": Pope Pius XII dies of kidney disease at 82 after serving as the pontiff for 19 years...1967] Latin American guerrilla Che Guevara is executed in Bolivia while trying to incite revolution. Guevara was 39...1974] Oskar Schindler dies in Frankfort, Germany at 66 from an undisclosed illness. Schindler was credited with saving the lives of over 1,200 Jews during the Holocaust...
- 1967] Red Sox rebound: Boston rebounds to take game 5 of the World Series in St. Louis as Jim Lonborg pitches a 3-hitter against the Cardinals...
- 1973] Curtains: Elvis Presley and Priscilla D-I-V-O-R-C-E after 6 years of marriage...1977] North Carolina basketball coach Dean Smith retires as the winningest college basketball coach in history. The team's record under Smith: 879-254 with 2 national titles and 11 final fours...
- 1985] Strawberry Fields Forever: The official dedication of Strawberry Fields is held on what would have been John Lennon's 45th birthday. Son Sean was 10 years old. He's now 33. It was Mayor Ed Koch who named the patch of Central Park real estate in the shadows of The Dakota where John Lennon lived and died. As is the custom, there will be fans congregating there today on what would have been John's 68th birthday...
- 1985] Surrender: The hijackers of the Achille Lauro surrender after the ship docks in Port Said, Egypt...
- 2000] A hulluva feat: Brett Hull passes dad, Bobby, on the all-time scoring list, putting him in 9th place with his 611th goal...
- 2002] Sniper rampage: A man is gunned down moments after filling his tank at a gas station in Manassas (VA) in the latest sniper shooting in the Washington, D.C. area...
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