1864 – Battle of Harpers Ferry, West Virginia (Mosby’s Raid)
1902 – US President Theodore Roosevelt threatens to start using army troops to work coal mines struck since 12 May; this brings the owners to agree to abide by a Commission of Arbitration.
1914 – Garrett Morgan patents his safety hood device which would later be refined into the gas mask.
1931 – Musical “Everybody’s Welcome” with Tommy and Jimmy Dorsey premiers in NYC.
1937 – A recorded trace of snow in Central Park, NYC.
1944 – US 1st army begins battle of Aachen, first German city captured during WWII.
1960 – Baseball World Series: Pirates second baseman Bill Mazeroski’s bottom of 9th lead off HR beats NY Yankees, 10-9 at Forbes Field in series deciding Game 7; MVY: Yankees 2nd baseman Bobby Richardson.
1962 – Edward Albee’s play “Who’s Afraid of Virginia?” opens on Broadway featuring actress Uta Hagen.
1966 – 173 US aircraft bomb North Vietnam.
1973 – “Badlands” directed by Terrence Malick and starring Martin Sheen and Sissy Spacek premiered at the New York Film Festival.
1978 – “52nd Street” 6th studio album by Billy Joel is released (Grammy Award Album of the Year 1979)
1978 – US President Jimmy Carter answers callers’ questions on National Public Radio.
1982 – IOC Executive Committee approves the reinstatement of Jim Thorpe’s gold medals from the 1912 Olympics.
1989 – Dow Jones down 190.58 points.
1996 – NY Jet Nick Lowrey breaks Jan Stenerud NFL field goal record at 374.
2012 – Gerhard Richter’s Abstraktes Bild sells for $34 million, the highest sold artwork by a living artist.
2016 – American singer-songwriter Bob Dylan is awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature.
2018 – Pope Francis defrocks two Chilean bishops for alleged sexual abuse of minors.
2019 – Simone Biles becomes the most decorated gymnast in history when she wins record 25th medal at the World Championships in Stuttgart, Germany.
2021 – William Shatner becomes the oldest person to reach space, traveling aboard Blue Origin’s New Shepard rocket on a 10 minute flight.
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