1609 – Children’s rhyme “Three Blind Mice” published in London.
1773 – America’s first asylum opens for ‘Persons of Insane and Disordered Minds’ in Virginia.
1859 – Self-proclaimed Emperor of the USA, Emperor Norton issues edict abolishing the US Congress.
1892 – US Pledge of Allegiance first recited in public schools during Columbus Day.
1901 – Theodore Roosevelt renames the “Executive Mansion” as “The White House”
1915 – Ford Motor Company under Henry Ford manufactures its 1 millionth automobile at the River Rouge plant in Detroit.
1920 – Construction begins on Holland Tunnel connecting NJ & NYC.
1933 – Alcatraz becomes a federal prison (unofficially)
1942 – US bombs Rabaul, New Britain.
1953 – US & Greece sign peace treaty (US bases)
1960 – JFK & Richard Nixon’s third presidential debate.
1968 – IXX Summer Olympic Games open at Mexico City, Mexico; first Olympics in Latin America.
1973 – US President Richard Nixon nominates Gerald Ford to replace Spiro Agnew as Vice-President.
1981 – 15th Country Music Association Awards: Barbara Mandrell & George Jones are winners.
1989 – Dallas running back Herschel Walker is traded from Cowboys to Minnesota Vikings for 5 players and 6 future draft picks including future stars Emmitt Smith, Russell Maryland, Kevin Smith and Darren Woodson.
1991 – Statler Brothers Show premieres on TNN.
1999 – The Day of Six Billion: the proclaimed 6 billionth living human in the world is born.
2008 – Senior Player Championship Men’s Golf, Baltimore CC: D.A. Weibring wins his lone career major title by 1 stroke from Fred Funk.
2019 – California is the 1st US state to pass law banning sale and manufacture of new fur products.