1906 – George Bernard Shaw’s play “Caesar & Cleopatra” premieres in New York City.
1913 – 1st US paved coast-to-coast highway, the Lincoln Highway, is dedicated.
1918 – Spanish flu kills 21,000 people in the United States in a single week.
1938 – Great Depression: In an effort to try to restore investor confidence, the New York Stock Exchange unveils a 15-point program aimed to upgrade protection for the investing public.
1941 – Prior to the United States joining WWII, German submarine U-552 torpedoes US destroyer Reuben James near Iceland.
1950 – “The Big Cat” Earl Lloyd becomes the first African-American to play a game in the NBA, scoring 6 points in his debut for the Washington Capitals.
1961 – Federal judge rules that laws in Birmingham, Alabama, against integrated playing fields are illegal.
1963 – Leaking propane gas explodes and kills 64 at “Holiday on Ice” in Indiana.
1967 – San Francisco Giants pitcher Mike McCormick wins National League Cy Young Award.
1968 – President Lyndon B. Johnson orders a halt to all bombing of North Vietnam.
1974 – Ted Bundy victim Laura Alme disappears in Utah.
1981 – 1st live US radio drama in 25 years (Halloween Story on NBC)
1988 – 1st Monday Night NFL game played in Indianapolis: Colts beat Denver Broncos 55-23.
1994 – American Eagle ATR-72 crashes down in Gary, Indiana; 68 killed.
1994 – American tennis star Venus Williams makes her professional debut as a 14-year-old with a 6-3, 6-4 win over former NCAA champion and world number 58 Shaun Stafford in the Bank of the West Classic in Oakland, California.
2002 – A federal grand jury in Houston, Texas formally indicted former Enron Corp. chief financial officer Andrew Fastow on 78 counts of wire fraud, money laundering, conspiracy and obstruction of justice related to the collapse of his ex-employer.
2011 – The world population reaches 7 billion inhabitants, according to the United Nations.
2014 – Greg Maddux, Tom Glavine, Frank Thomas, Bobby Cox, Tony La Russa and Joe Torre are inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, NY.
2019 – House of Representatives votes to formalize impeachment proceedings against President Donald Trump.
2022 – Taylor Swift becomes the first artist in history to claim all top 10 slots on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, all tracks from her album “Midnights.”
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