1904 – First intercity trucking service (Colorado City & Snyder, Texas)
1918 – German sailors refuse to obey orders to fight British naval forces and lead a revolt in the naval ports of Wilhelmshaven, beginning the German Revolution.
1924 – Musical revue “Dixie to Broadway” opens at Broadhurst Theater.
1929 – “Black Tuesday”, Wall Street stock market crashes triggering the “Great Depression”
1931 – Lefty Grove, Philadelphia A’s pitcher who won 31 games, is named the American League’s Most Valuable Player.
1940 – Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson draws the 1st number – #158 – in the 1st peacetime military draft in US history.
1945 – First ballpoint pen goes on sale, manufactured by Reynolds (just beating Biro)
1950 – Bill Rexford in an Oldsmobile finishes 26th in the season finale at Occoneechee Speedway in Hillsboro, North Carolina to win the NASCAR Grand National Series Championship.
1956 – NBC anchors Chet Huntley and David Brinkley first team up in “The Huntley-Brinkley Report”
1960 – Cassius Clay’s (Muhammad Ali) 1st professional fight beats Tunney Hunsaker on points in 5 rounds in Louisville, Kentucky.
1969 – Supreme Court orders end to all school segregation “at once”
1977 – Texas’ Russell Erxleben kicks his 3rd 60 yard field goal of the season.
1988 – 2,000 US anti-abortion protesters arrested for blocking clinic
1989 – Ozzie Newsome ends NFL streak of 150 consecutive games with at least one reception.
1993 – Dow Jones index reaches record 3687.86.
1998 – Space Shuttle Discovery blasts off on STS-95 with 77-year old John Glenn on board, making him the oldest person to go into space.
2004 – Arabic news network, Al Jazeera, broadcasts an excerpt from a video of Osama bin Laden in which the terrorist leader first admits direct responsibility for the September 11, 2001 attacks and references the 2004 U.S. Presidential election.
2008 – Delta Air Lines merges with Northwest Airlines, creating the world’s largest airline and reducing the number of US legacy carriers to 5.
2012 – Hurricane Sandy makes landfall in the northeastern United States and leaves nearly 2 million residents without power for more than 36 hours.
2018 – Golden State shooting guard Klay Thompson breaks NBA record previously held by teammate Stephen Curry for most 3-pointers in a game with 14 in Warriors’ 149-124 win over the Bulls in Chicago.
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