1892 – Book matches are patented by Diamond Match Company.
1903 – Wreck of the Old 97, a train crash made famous by he song of the same name.
1908 – Henry Ford’s first Ford Model T automobile leaves the Piquette Plant in Detroit, Michigan.
1909 – US President William Taft sets aside some 3 million acres of oil-rich public land (including Teapot Dome, Wyoming) for conservation purposes.
1919 – Democratic National Committee votes to allow female members.
1931 – MLB’s Lou Gehrig completes his 6th straight season, playing in every game(.3486), Jim Bottomley (.3481)
1937 – 1st Santa Claus Training School opens (Albion, NY)
1945 – US General and head of the Allied occupation of Japan, Douglas MacArthur, meets Emperor Hirohito in Tokyo for the first time.
1954 – “The Tonight Show” 1st premieres on NBC hosted by Steve Allen.
1961 – Sandy Koufax sets NL strikeout season record at 269.
1963 – At 10:59 AM census clock, records US population at 190,000,000.
1973 – “The Way We Were” single released by Barbra Streisand (Billboard Song of the Year, 1974)
1982 – John Palmer becomes news anchor of Today Show.
1985 – Hurricane Gloria’s 130 MPH wind hits Atlantic coast.
1989 – Sony purchases Columbia Pictures for $3.4 billion cash.
2000 – United States baseball team, managed by Tommy Lasorda, wins Olympic Gold Medal in Sydney, Australia.
2008 – Greg Maddux wins his final start of his career (#355)
2018 – US Senate hearing into alleged sexual assault by Judge Brett Kavanaugh with him and accuser Christine Blasey Ford giving evidence.
2020 – Details of President Donald Trump’s tax returns released by the New York Times showing he paid $750 in income tax (2016 & 2017) revealing “chronic losses and years of tax avoidance”
2021 – R&B artist R. Kelly is convicted on nine counts of racketeering and sex trafficking after a six-week trial in New York.
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