1789 – 1st presidential tour-George Washington in New England.
1846 – Dr William Thomas Green Morton 1st public use of ether.
1895 – Henry Perky patents a machine he developed with William Ford for the preparation of cereals for food, otherwise known as shredded wheat.
1924 – US President Calvin Coolidge declares Statue of Liberty a national monument.
1933 – 20th Amendment to the US Constitution goes into effect: President term begins in January, not March.
1939 – LaGuardia Airport opens in NYC.
1946 – Smallest World Series share since 1918 (Cards $3,748, Red Sox $2,140)
1951 – “I Love Lucy” starring Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz, debuts on CBS.
1954 – Hurricane Hazel makes landfall in the US in North Carolina as a category 4 hurricane, 195 die in US and Canada.
1961 – LPGA Championship Women’s Golf, Stardust CC: Mickey Wright convincingly wins her 3rd LPGA title by 9 strokes from Louise Suggs.
1964 – NY Yankees appears in 14 & win 9 of last 16 World Series.
1965 – Dodgers & Sandy Koufax win 7th game of 62nd World Series vs Twins.
1973 – 7th Country Music Association Award; Roy Clark wins.
1979 – 1st Monday night football game from NYC, Jets beat Vikings 14-7 (Shea Stadium)
1985 – Shuttle Columbia carries Spacelab into orbit.
1989 – American radio and television evangelist Billy Graham is given the 1,900th star on Hollywood Boulevard, the first clergyman to be granted a star.
1991 – Clarence Thomas is confirmed a Supreme Court Justice (52-48)
1995 – Carolina Panthers win 1st game ever beating NY Jets 26-15.
2007 – Fox Business Network (FBN), American financial cable network is launched.
2017 – 60 Minutes and The Washington Post publish story detailing how Congress passed a bill sponsored by Tom Marino that hindered the fight against the opioid crisis.
2018 – American retailer Sears files for bankruptcy.
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