1492 – Christopher Columbus misses Florida when he changes course.
1780 – British defeated by American militia near Kings Mountain, SC.
1856 – Cyrus Chambers, Jr. patents folding machine that folds books & newspapers.
1916 – The German submarine U-53 arrives off Newport, Rhode Island and sinks 9 British merchant ships in international waters.
1927 – Yank Herb Pennock retires 1st 22 Pirates in World Series game.
1940 – World War II: the McCollum memo proposes bringing the U.S. into the war in Europe by provoking the Japanese to attack the United States.
1950 – US forces invade North Korea by crossing 38th parallel.
1953 – Bill Veeck tells Browns stockholders he faces bankruptcy unless they drop their suit to block his move to Baltimore, they comply.
1959 – Far side of Moon seen for the 1st time, courtesy of USSR’s Luna 3 space probe.
1963 – Hurricane Flora hits Haiti & Dominican Republic, kills 7,190.
1972 – 1st season game at Nassau Coliseum, Flames 3, Islanders 2.
1979 – Cleveland Browns’ Dino Hall sets club records with 9 kickoff returns.
1986 – Steve Yzerman is named captain of the Detroit Red Wings, a title he would hold for over 1,300 games.
1995 – Mariners rally from 5-0 to force Game 5 of Division Series vs Yankees.
1998 – Mathew Shepard, a gay student at the University of Wyoming, is found tied to a fence after being savagely beaten by two young adults in Laramie, Wyoming.
2003 – California holds gubernatorial recall election. Governor Gray Davis loses and actor Arnold Schwarzenegger becomes governor.
2012 – New Orleans quarterback Drew Brees breaks Johnny Unitas’ NFL record for consecutive games with a TD pass (48) when he connects with Devery Henderson in Saints 31-24 win over San Diego at the SuperDome.
2016 – Washington Post releases videotape of Donald Trump boasting of groping and kissing women without consent.
2020 – Hurricane Delta makes landfall on Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula, with 100 mph winds, the 25th named storm for 2020.
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