1910 – United States’ first known female cop appointed, Alice Stebbins Wells by LAPD.
1914 – Yankee shortstop Robert Peckinpaugh, 23, becomes youngest manager.
1928 – Hurricane in Florida, kills 6,000.
1935 – Millionaire Howard Hughes flies his own designed plane at 352.46 mph.
1940 – 49 die and 200 injured when Hercules Powder Co plant explodes (NJ).
1944 – Second Quebec Conference: Franklin D. Roosevelt, Winston Churchill and the Combined Chiefs of Staff meet in Quebec City, Canada to discuss Allied occupation zones, the Morgenthau Plan, U.S. Lend-Lease aid to Britain and the role of the Royal Navy.
1944 – US Army troops enter Germany for 1st time.
1947 – Pirate Ralph Kiner hits his record 8th HR in 4 games.
1954 – White Sox win 90th game, 1st time they win this many since 1920.
1958 – US Supreme Court orders the all-white Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas to integrate.
1959 – “Bonanza” premieres on NBC-TV.
1964 – Ralph Boston of US, sets then long jump record at 27′ 4 1/2″.
1966 – Gemini XI with Charles “Pete” Conrad and Richard F. Gordon aboard launched for 71-hour flight.
1976 – Seattle Seahawks play 1st regular-season game (St. Louis 30, Seattle 24)
1981 – US Open Women’s Tennis: Tracy Austin wins her second US title; beats Martina Navratilova 1-6, 7-6, 7-6.
1988 – Gilbert, strongest hurricane ever (160 mph), devastates Jamiaica.
1992 – Mae Jemison is the 1st African American woman to go into space (aboard Endeavour STS-47)
2003 – The United Nations lifts sanctions against Libya after that country agreed to accept responsibility and recompense the families of victims in the 1988 bombing of Pan Am Flight 103.
2012 – Apple unveils its iPhone 5 and iOS 6.
2017 – Apple unveils premium iPhone X costing $999, along with iPhone 8.