1862 – American inventor Richard Jordan Gatling patents the hand cranked Gatling machine gun in Indianapolis.
1879 – James Ritty patents first cash register, to combat stealing by bartenders in his saloon in Dayton, Ohio.
1914 – Vogue holds 1st model show (“Fashion Fete”, NYC)
1922 – Howard Carter discovers the intact tomb of the Pharaoh Tutankhamun in Egypt.
1928 – American gangster Arnold Roghstein is shot at a business meeting for reputedly refusing to pay gambling debts (dies 6th November)
1934 – After passing 7 straight shutouts to start the NFL season, Detroit Lions beat Pittsburgh, 40-7 at University of Detroit Stadium; scored upon for the first time of the season; rush for NFL single game record 426 yards.
1948 – American humorist Will Rogers commemorated by US Postage Service on 3-cent stamp.
1952 – Republican candidate Dwight D. Eisenhower is elected President of the United States, defeating Democrat candidate Adial Stevenson.
1959 – Ernie Banks, Cubs shortstop, wins 2nd consecutive NL MVP.
1968 – WRDU (now WPTF) TV channel 28 in Raleigh-Durham, NC (NBC) 1st broadcast.
1976 – 1st mass market free agent reentry draft, Reggie Jackson, Joe Rudi, Gullett, Tenace, Fingers, Baylor, Grich & McCovey, available.
1980 – MLB Philadelphia Phillies Steve Carlton wins 3rd NL Cy Young Award..
1987 – NBA announces 4 new franchises: Charlotte & Miami for 1988 & Minneapolis & Orlando for 1989.
1990 – Iraq says it is preparing for a “dangerous war”
1997 – Mercury Nashville Records releases “Come On Over”, the 3rd studio album by Shania Twain (Billboard Album of the Year, 1999)
2003 – Former HealthSouth CEO Richard Scrushy becomes the first person indicted under the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. He was eventually acquitted.
2009 – Baseball World Series: NY Yankees beat Philadelphia Phillies, 7-3 in Game 6 at Yankee Stadium to win Bronx Bombers’ record 27th title; MVP: NY outfielder Hideki Matsui.
2015 – Katy Perry is the highest paid musician of the year, earning $135 million, according to Forbes Magazine.
2019 – Largest mass commutation in US history when 462 non-violent inmates freed from Oklahoma prisons as part of state prison reform.
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