1867 – Women’s fashion magazine “Harpers Bazaar” is 1st published.
1889 – North Dakota becomes 39th & South Dakota becomes 40th state in the United States.
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.
1920 – Warren G. Harding is elected President of the United States, defeating Democrat candidate James M. Cox.
1934 – MLB All-Star team lead by Connie Mack and including Babe Ruth, Jimmie Foxx and Lou Gehrig starts 18-game tour against Japanese Big-Six University League.
1944 – US 28th Infantry division opens assault on Schmidt Hurtgenwald.
1947 – Ryder Cup Golf, Portland GC: US wins first post WWII event, 11-1; Ben Hogan American captain; Henry Cotton GB skipper.
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.
1950 – The Clover Dairy Company test-market the first concentrated milk (Sealtest) in the U.S. in Wilmington, Delaware.
1954 – Strom Thurmond is the 1st senator elected by write-in vote (South Carolina)
1960 – New York Yankee outfielder Roger Maris beats teammate Mickey Mantle for American League MVP Award, 225-222; second closest vote ever.
1969 – Quarterbacks Billy Kilmer of New Orleans and St. Louis’ Charlie Johnson each pass for 6 touchdowns for combined NFL record 12 passing TDs in a game; Saints beat Cardinals, 51-42 at Busch Memorial Stadium.
1976 – Democrat candidate Jimmy Carter is elected President of the United States, defeating incumbent Republican President Gerald Ford.
1983 – US President Ronald Reagan signs bill establishing Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. holiday.
1984 – Velma Barfield becomes the 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.
1994 – NFL announces the expansion Carolina Panthers would play in the NFC West, while the Jacksonville Jaguars is assigned to the AFC Central.
2004 – George W. Bush is re-elected as President of the United States, defeating Democrat candidate John Kerry.
2012 – New York City Marathon: cancelled 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.
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