1909 – World’s first patent for synthetic rubber granted to German chemist Fritz Hofmann.
1911 – Future Baseball Hall of Fame pitcher’s dual for final time: Boston Rustlers’ Cy Young vs. Christy Mathewson of the New York Giants. Giants win 11-2.
1920 – VII Summer Olympic Games close at the Olympisch Stadion in Antwerp, Belgium.
1928 – Katherine Hepburn’s New York City stage debut in “Night Hostess.”
1935 – Millionaire Howard Hughes flies his own design H-1 racer plane at then-record 352.46 mph at Santa Ana, California.
1944 – US Army troops enter Germany for the first time during World War I.
1953 – Brooklyn Dodgers clinch National League pennant earlier than any other team, defeating the Milwaukee Braves 5-2. Brooklyn finishes with record of 105-49.
1958 – Jack Kirby demonstrates his first integrated circuit (IC) to his supervisor.
1960 – John F. Kennedy states he does not speak for the Roman Catholic Chruch and neither does the Church speak for him.
1964 – American long jumper Ralph Boston sets then world record of 27-feet, 4 1/4-inches at a meet in Los Angeles, California.
1970 – Timothy Leary, a proponent of LSD, escapes from a California jail while serving a sentence for possessing marijuana.
1973 – Two bettors win largest Daily Double, $19,909 in Detroit.
1979 – Hurricane Fredrick hits Mobile Alabama, results in five people killed and $23 million in damage.
1987 – Vince Coleman steals his 100th base for the third straight year.
1991 – Space shuttle STS 48 (Discovery 14) launched.
1999 – Farm Aid 12 held in Bristow, Virginia with performances by Willie Nelson, Neil Young, John Mellencamp, Dave Mathews Band, Susan Tedeschi, Keb’Mo’, Deana Carter, and Barenaked Ladies.
2003 – United Nations lifts sanctions against Libya after it agrees to accept responsibility and compensate the families of victims in the 1988 bombing of Pan Am Flight 103.
2017 – Apple unveils premium iPhone X costing $999, along with iPhone 8.
2023 – North Korea leader Kim Jong-un arrives in Russia on board his armored train to meet with President Vladimir Putin.
2023 – House Speaker Kevin McCarthy opens an impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden, without a formal House vote, amid some Republican calls to remove McCarthy from leadership.
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