1895 – First organized auto race in the United States is run in Chicago; 6 cars race over 52-mile lakefront course; 2 finish because of blizzard conditions.
1907 – US banker J.P. Morgan locks over 40 bankers in his library to force them to find ways to avert New York banking crisis.
1917 – In WWI the 1st soldiers are killed in combat: James Gresham, Thomas Enright and Merle Hay.
1924 – Sunday Express publishes first British crossword puzzle.
1938 – Boston Red Sox first baseman Jimmie Foxx is voted Most Valuable Player of the American League for the third time.
1947 – Howard Hughes flies “Spruce Goose”. a huge wooden airplane for the first and last time.
1948 – US President Harry Truman is re-elected in an upset victory over Republican candidate Thomas E. Dewey.
1954 – Strom Thurmond is the 1st senator elected by write-in vote (South Carolina)
1960 – New York Yankees outfielder Roger Maris beats teammate Mickey Mantle for American League MVP Award, 225-222; second closest vote ever.
1964 – Columbia Broadcasting System buys 80% share in the New York Yankees Baseball Club for $11.2 million; later purchases club outright.
1969 – Quarterbacks Billy Kilmer of New Orleans and St Louis’ Charlie Johnson each pass for 6 touchdowns for combined NFL record of 12 passing TDs in a game; Saints beat Cardinals, 51-42 at Busch Memorial Stadium.
1974 – Atlanta Braves trade then MLB home run king Hank Aaron to Milwaukee Brewers for outfielder Dave May.
1983 – “Thriller” single released worldwide by Michael Jackson.
1984 – Velma Barfield, NC, becomes first woman executed in the United States since 1962.
1991 – Nevada makes biggest comeback in NCAA football history, overcoming a 35 point 3rd quarter deficit to rally and beat Weber State, 55-49.
1993 – Rudy Giuliani wins the New York mayoral election, becomes 1st Republican mayor since 1965.
1994 – NFL announces the expansion Carolina Panthers would play in the NFC West, while the Jacksonville Jaguars are assigned to the AFC Central.
2000 – The first crew arrives at the international Space Station.
2012 – New York City Marathon: canceled because of the effects of Hurricane Sandy in NYC the week before.
2017 – Jerome Powell nominated by US President Donald Trump to be next Chair of the Federal Reserve.
2020 – Johnny Depp loses libel case against UK newspaper “The Sun”, which called him a “wife-beater”, said he assaulted wife Amber Heard.
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