1792 – “Old Farmers Almanac” is first published and edited by Robert Thomas.
1902 – President Theodore Roosevelt threatens to start using army troops to work coal mines struck since May 12. This brings owners to agree to abide by a Commissioner of Arbitration.
1914 – Garrett Morgan patents his safety device, which would later be refined into the gas mask.
1920 – World Series celebration in Wade Park brings out 50,000+ Clevelanders.
1931 – Musical “Everybody’s Welcome” with Tommy and Jimmy Dorsey premieres in New York City.
1937 – A recorded trace of snow in Central Park, New York City.
1944 – US 1st Army begins battle of Aachen, first German city captured during World War II.
1953 – Burglar alarm, ultrasonic or radio waves, patented by Samuel Bagno.
1960 – Baseball World Series: Pittsburgh Pirates second baseman Bill Mazeroski’s bottom of 9th lead-off home run beats New York Yankees, 10-9 at Forbes Field in series deciding Game 7. MVP: Yankees Bobby Richardson.
1962 – Edward Albee’s play “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?” opens on Broadway featuring actress Uta Hagen.
1966 – 173 US aircraft bomb North Vietnam.
1975 – 9th Country Music Association Award: John Denver wins.
1982 – International Olympic Committee Executive Committee approves the reinstatement of Jim Thorpe’s gold medals from the 1912 Olympics.
1987 – First military use of trained dolphins (US Navy in Persian Gulf)
1993 – Captured American Pilot Mike Durant is filmed in an interview in captivity by a CNN camera crew.
1996 – New York Jets’ Nick Lowery breaks Jan Stenerud’s National Football League field goal record at 374.
2012 – Gerhard Richter’s “Abstraktes Bild” sells for $34 million, the highest sold artwork by a living artist.
2016 – American singer-songwriter Bob Dylan is awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature.
2019 – Simone Biles becomes the most decorated gymnast in history when she wins record 25th medal at the World Championships in Stuttgart, Germany.
2022 – Jury recommends sentence of life in prison without the possibility of parole for the shooter who pled guilty to killing 17 people at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida in 2018.
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