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1868 – “Little Women” by Louisa May Alcott is published by Roberts Brothers of Boston.

1888 – National Geographic magazine publishes for the first time.

1907 – A downturn in the stock market leads to a run on the dollar. President Theodore Roosevelt later calls on financier J.P. Morgan to help manage the financial crisis.

1908 – Henry Ford introduces the Model T car at a cost of $825.

1921 – WJZ in Newark, New Jersey begins broadcasting.

1926 – Oil field accident cost aviator Wiley Post his left eye. He uses the settlement money to buy his first aircraft.

1931 – The second, and current, Waldorf-Astoria Hotel is opened in New York.

1939 – Winston Churchill calls Russia a “riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma.”

1942 – Bell P-59 Airacomet fighter, the first United States jet, makes its maiden flight.

1947 – First helicopter air mail and express service in Los Angeles, California.

1955 – Baltimore Colts fullback Alan Ameche becomes the first rookie in National Football League history to top 100 yards rushing in his first two games. He totals 153 yards against the Detroit Lions after 194 yards in his debut against the Chicago Bears.

1955 – Jackie Gleason sitcom “The Honeymooners” debuts on CBS, replacing his variety series. The production ends after 39 episodes.

1961 – New York Yankees outfielder Roger Maris becomes Major League Baseball’s all-time season home run leader when he passes Babe Ruth’s mark with No. 61 off Boston rookie Tracy Stallard in a 1-0 win at Yankee Stadium.

1967 – Richard Petty continues his phenomenal NASCAR winning streak by taking the Wilkes 500 at North Wilkesboro Speedway for his unprecedented 10th consecutive victory.

1977 – United States Department of Energy is established.

1988 – Flamboyant American sprinter Florence Griffith Joyner wins her third gold medal of the Seoul Olympics, anchoring the victorious 4×4 100-meter relay team.

1997 – Carolina Hurricanes lose the franchise’s debut National Hockey League game 4-2 to the Tampa Bay Lightning at the Ice Palace in Tampa, Florida.

2004 – Japanese outfielder Ichiro Suzuki of the Seattle Mariners gets his 258th hit of the season, breaking George Sisler’s 84-year-old single-season record. Ichiro ends the season with 262.

2013 – A partial United States federal government shutdown occurs as a result of political disagreements over operational spending.

2017 – Former National Football League star O.J. Simpson is released from Nevada’s Lovelock Prison after less than 9 years of detention of his 33-year sentence for armed robbery and kidnapping.

2021 – COVID-19 death toll in the United States passes 700,000 with daily deaths averaging 1,900.