1911 – Orville Wright remained in the air 9 minutes and 45 seconds in a glider at Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina setting a new world record that stood for 10 years.
1926 – Harry Houdini’s last performance, at the Garrick Theatre in Detroit, Michigan.
1929 – “Black Thursday”, start of stock market crash, Dow Jones down 12.8%.
1939 – Benny Goodman records “Let’s Dance”
1939 – Nylon stocking go on sale for first time (Wilmington, Delaware)
1940 – US Fair Labor Standards of 1938 comes into effect – minimum wage, 44 hours week.
1945 – Charter of United Nations comes into effect.
1947 – Series of forest fires burn over $30 million of timber across the New England States.
1962 – Cuban Missile Crisis: Soviet ships approach but stop short of the US blockade, of Cuba.
1971 – Texas Stadium opens-Cowboys beat Patriots, 44-21.
1989 – After a week delay due to earthquake, World Series game 3 is played.
1989 – American televangelist Jim Bakker is sentenced to 45 years in prison for fraud but the sentence is later reduced to eight years on appeal.
1996 – Last game in Atlanta County Fulton Stadium. Yanks win record 8th straight road post season win (with no loses)
2004 – 10 people including NASCAR driver Ricky Hendrick and 4 family members are killed in a plane crash near Martinsville Speedway in Virginia; plane owned by NASCAR team Hendrick Motorsports.
2012 – Hurricane Sandy makes landfall in Jamaica killing 1 person and causing over $50 million in damage.
2017 – Albert Einstein’s “Theory of Happiness”, written as a note for a bellboy instead of a tip in Tokyo in 1922 sells for $1.56 million.
2018 – Largest jackpot in US history at $1.6 billion won by one person in South Carolina.
2021 – Michael Jordan’s 1984 Nike Air Ships sell for $1.472 million at Sotheby’s a new record for sneakers at auction.
2021 – Tom Brady becomes first quarterback in NFL history to record 600 touchdown passes when he hits Mike Evans in 1st quarter of the Buccaneers 38-3 rout of the Chicago Bears in Tampa Bay.
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