1895 – First US patent granted for gasoline driven automobile to George B. Seident.
1900 – Under United States military control since the end of the Spanish-American War in 1898, Cuba now calls its own constitutional convention.
1917 – General Pershing & US troops see action on Western Front for first time.
1927 – PGA Championship Men’s Golf, Cedar Crest CC: Defending champion Walter Hagen beats Joe Turnesa 1-up to win his fourth straight PGA title.
1935 – Parker Brothers launches the board game Monopoly.
1940 – Franklin D. Roosevelt is re-elected President of the United States for an unprecedented third term, defeating Republican candidate Wendell Willkie.
1941 – Japanese naval staff officers Suzuki and Maejima leave Pearl Harbor.
1953 – Film “How to Marry a Millionaire” directed by Jean Negulesco, starring Lauren Bacall, Betty Grable and Marilyn Monroe, first to be filmed in CinemaScope. Released delayed to allow “The Robe” to debut the format.
1956 – “The Nat King Cole Show” debuts on NBC. The first variety program to be hosted by an African-American.
1966 – BYU quarterback Virgil Carter sets new NCAA single-game records with 513 passing yards and 599 yards of total offense in a 53-33 win against Texas Western in Provo, Utah.
1967 – US troops conquer Loc Ninh, South Vietnam.
1975 – Baltimore Orioles pitcher Jim Palmer wins American League Cy Young Award.
1979 – Supreme Leader of Iran, Ayatollah Khomeini, describes the United States as “The Great Satan” amid accusations of imperialism and the sponsoring of corruption.
1987 – Iceberg twice the size of Rhode Island sighted in Antarctic.
1994 – George Foreman (45) knocks out Michael Moorer to win boxing’s heavyweight championship.
2003 – 37th Country Music Association Award: Alan Jackson & Martina McBride win.
2009 – Army Major Nidal Malik Hasan (US Army Medical Corps) killed 13 and wounded 43 at Fort Hood, Texas in the largest mass shooting ever at a US military installation.
2017 – Gunman shoots 26 dead and injures 20 at a church in Sunderland Springs, Texas.
2018 – NASA’s Voyager 2 probe leaves the solar system, becoming the second human-made object to reach interstellar space.
2022 – MLB World Series: Houston Astros win for second time in franchise history; beat Philadelphia Phillies 4-1 at Minute Maid Park for 4-2 series victory. MVP Astros shortstop Jeremy Pena. Dusty Baker (72) becomes oldest manager to win championship. Phillies set an ignominious record striking out 71 times in the series.
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