1915 – 1st national horseshoe throwing championship at Kellerton, Iowa.
1917 – 1st Infantry division ‘Big Red One’ shoots 1st US shot in World War I.
1920 – Chicago grand jury indicts Abe Attell, Hal Chase, & Bill Burns as go-betweens in “Black Sox” 1910 World Series Baseball scandal.
1932 – Radio comedy program “The Fred Allen Show” premieres.
1933 – John Dillinger and his gang rob Central National Bank in Greencastle, Indiana. They take $75,000.
1941 – Walt Disney’s animated film “Dumbo” released.
1942 – First ships of the invasion fleet to Morocco leave Norfolk.
1956 – First video recording of magnetic tape televised coast to coast.
1963 – Neil Simon’s stage play “Barefoot in the Park” starring Robert Redford and Elizabeth Ashley opens at the Biltmore Theatre, New York City. Runs for 1,530 performances.
1963 – New York Yankees name Yogi Berra as manager, replacing Ralph Houk who becomes the team’s general manager.
1967 – New Jersey Americans (later New York/New Jersey Nets) play 1st ABA game.
1973 – 19-year-old American tennis star Chris Evert retains her WTA Tour Championship at Boca Raton, Florida by beating Nancy Richey Gunter 6-3,6-3 in the final.
1978 – CBS raises LP prices to $8.98.
1981 – US national debt hits $1 trillion.
1989 – Cleveland Browns quarterback Bernie Kosar sets club record with a 97-yard TD pass.
1991 – Dr. Jack Kevorkian’s suicide machine assists 2 women to commit suicide.
1997 – Dow Jones drops 186.88 points.
2001 – Apple released the iPod.
2011 – A powerful 7.2 magnitude earthquake strikes Van Province, Turkey, killing 582 people and injuring thousands.
2018 – Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan rejects Saudi claim journalist Jamal Khashoggi killed accidentally, says it was premeditated murder.
2022 – American League Championship Series; Houston Astros defeat New York Yankees 6-5, sweeping series 4-0 to advance to World Series for 4th time in 6 years.
2022 – National League Championship Series: Philadelphia Phillies defeat San Diego 4-3 at home, winning series 4-1 to advance to the World Series.
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