1858 – R.H. Macy & Co opens 1st store at 6th Ave, New York City. Gross receipts 1st day $11.06.
1886 – Statue of Liberty dedication by President Grover Cleveland, celebrated by the first confetti (ticker tape) parade in New York City.
1904 – St. Louis police try a new investigation method, fingerprints.
1913 – “Krazy Kat” comic strip by George Herriman debuts in New York Journal.
1922 – First coast-to-coast radio broadcast of a football game.
1936 – President Franklin Roosevelt rededicates the Statue of Liberty on its 50th anniversary.
1943 – German submarine U-220 sunk by US aircraft in the Atlantic.
1953 – Red Barber resigns as Brooklyn Dodgers broadcaster to join New York Yankees.
1961 – “Florelller!” closes at Broadhurst Theater in New York City. The play starred Tom Bosley, ran for 796 performances and won a Pulitzer Prize.
1962 – Cuban Missile Crisis: President John Kennedy receives letter from Soviet Premiere Nikita Khrushchev suggesting agreement.
1970 – United States and Soviet Union sign an agreement to discuss joint space efforts.
1978 – Bobby Orr scores his last NHL goal when Boston played Detroit.
1986 – The centennial of the Statue of Liberty’s dedication is celebrated in New York Harbor.
1988 – Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen gives $10 million to the University of Washington library.
1995 – Baseball World Series: Atlanta Braves beat Cleveland Indians 1-0 in Game 6 at Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium to win their 3rd title. MVP: Braves starting pitcher Tom Glavine.
2009 – NASA successfully launches the Ares I-X mission, the only rocket launch for its later-cancelled Constellation program.
2012 – American Serena Williams wins her 3rd season ending tennis title; beats Maria Sharapova of Russia 6-4, 6-3 in the WTA Championship decider in Istanbul, Turkey.
2015 – World Health Organization ranks Tuberculosis alongside HIV as world’s deadliest infectious diseases, killing 1.2 million (2014)
2020 – Global COVID-19 cases record one-day increase of more than 500,000 for the first time, rising 25% in under two weeks according to Reuters.
2021 – Mark Zuckerberg announces Facebook will change its corporate name to Meta amid increased public scrutiny over leaked internet documents.
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