1868 – Standard uniform approved for US postal carriers.
1913 – 1st US paved coast-to-coast highway, the Lincoln Highway is dedicated.
1918 – Spanish Flu kills 21,000 people in the US in a single week.
1938 – Great Depression: In an effort to try to restore investor confidence, the New York Stock Exchange unveils a fifteen-point program aimed to upgrade protection for the investing public.
1941 – Prior to US joining WWII, German submarine U-552 torpedoes US destroyer Reuben James near Iceland.
1943 – Washington Redskins Sammy Baugh passes for 6 touchdowns vs Brooklyn (48-10)
1950 – The Big Cat, Earl Lloyd becomes the first African-American to play a game in the NBA, scoring 6 points on debut for the Washington Capitols.
1956 – Brooklyn, NY ends streetcar services.
1961 – Federal judge rules that laws in Birmingham, Alabama, against integrated playing fields are illegal.
1963 – Leaking propane gas explodes kills 64 at ‘Holiday on Ice’ in Indiana.
1968 – US President Lyndon B. Johnson orders a halt to all bombing of North Vietnam.
1972 – Gaylord Perry wins AL Cy Young Award.
1981 – 1st live US radio drama in 25 years (Halloween Story on NBC)
1988 – First Monday Night NFL game played in Indianapolis; Colts beat Denver Broncos, 55-23..
1994 – American tennis star Venus Williams makes her professional debut as a 14 year old with a 6-3, 6-4 win over former NCAA champion and World No. 58 Shaun Stafford in the Bank of the West Classic in Oakland, California.
2002 – A federal grand jury in Houston, Texas formally indicted former Enron Corp. chief financial officer Andrew Faslow on 78 counts of wire fraud, money laundering, conspiracy and obstruction of justice related to the collapse of his ex-employer.
2011 – The world population reaches 7 billion inhabitants according to the United Nations.
2019 – US House of Representatives votes to formalize impeachment proceedings against President Donald Trump.
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