1881 – Gunfight at the OK Corral: The most famous shootout in the Wild West occurs between lawmen (including Wyatt Earp) and the Cowboys with Tom and Frank McLaury and Billy Clanton killed.
1901 – First recorded use of “getaway car” occurs after holding up a shop in Paris.
1911 – Baseball World Series: Philadelphia A’s rout New York Giants 13-2 at their Shibe Park home to clinch a 4-2 series win and retain championship.
1927 – Duke Ellington sings “Creole Love Song”
1940 – The P-51 Mustang makes its maiden voyage.
1949 – President Harry Truman increases minimum wage from 40 cents to 75 cents.
1950 – Mother Teresa founded Missionaries of Charity in Calcutta, India.
1951 – Future world heavyweight boxing champion Rocky Marciano defeats former champion Joe Louis by TKO in the 8th round at Madison Square Garden.
1954 – Chevrolet unveils V-8 engine.
1962 – Soviet Union Premier Nikita Khrushchev sends note to President John Kennedy offering to withdraw his missiles from Cuba if US closes its bases in Turkey. Offer is rejected.
1966 – US aircraft carrier Oriskany catches fire at Gulf of Tonkin, 43 die.
1972 – Edwin Land introduces the first truly instant camera, the Poloroid SX-70 camera, at an event in Miami, Florida.
1973 – President Richard Nixon releases first White House tapes on Watergate scandal.
1982 – Philadelphia Phillies pitcher Steve Carlton became 1st pitcher to win 4 Cy Young awards.
1988 – Donald Trump bills Mike Tyson $2 million for 4 months’ advisory service.
1993 – NFL announces new expansion team, Carolina Panthers in Charlotte.
2001 – The United States passes the USA PATRIOT Act into law.
2012 – China blocks the New York Times from searches and social media in response to an investigation into Premier Wen Jiabao.
2015 – World Health Organization classifies processed meat as carcinogenic.
2020 – Senate confirms Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court sealing a conservative 6-3 majority.
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