1781 – Americans & French begin siege of Cornwallis at Yorktown; last battle of American Revolutionary War.
1783 – Benjamin Hanks patents self-winding clock.
1866 – 1st train robbery in US (Reno Brothers take $13,000)
1882 – 1st World Series game, Cincinnati (AA) beats Chicago (NL) 4-0.
1893 – Nabisco Foods invents Cream of Wheat.
1918 – US ship Otranto sinks between Scotland & Ireland, 425 die.
1927 – “The Jazz Singer”, directed by Alan Crosland, starring Al Jolson and May McAvoy, released, 1st film with a soundtrack (Honorary Academy Award 1928).
1940 – Zoological Gardens opens on Sloat & Skyline in San Francisco.
1945 – US General Eisenhower welcomed in Hague (on Hitler’s train)
1956 – Dr. Albert Sabin discovers oral polio vaccine.
1961 – JFK advises Americans to build fallout shelters.
1965 – Supremes release “I Hear a Symphony”
1966 – Oriole Jim Palmer, 20, is youngest to pitch a World Series shutout.
1974 – “Mack & Mabel” opens at Majestic Theater NYC for 66 performances.
1979 – Pope John Paul II is 1st Pope to visit White House in Washington, D.C.
1987 – “Faith” single released by George Michael (Billboard Song of the Year 1988)
1995 – 51 Pegasi discovered as the first major star, apart from the Sun, to have a planet orbiting around it.
1996 – Bob Dole and President Bill Clinton meet in their 1st debate.
2010 – Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger launch Instagram.
2010 – Roy Halladay pitches the second no-hitter in MLB Postseason History during Game 1 of the NLDS versus the Cincinnati Reds.
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