1901 – 11 baseball games cancelled due to the funeral of President William McKinley.
1910 – George M. Cohan’s musical “Get-Rich-Quick Wallingford” premieres in New York City.
1931 – Philadelphia Athletics pitcher Lefty Grove wins his 30th game of the baseball season over the Chicago White Sox 2-1. He finishes with a 31-4 record and 2.06 earned run average.
1943 – Liberator bombers sink U-341.
1947 – Jackie Robeson is named Major League Baseball’s “Rookie of the Year.”
1951 – First broadcast of “Search for Tomorrow” on CBS-TV.
1952 – “Adventures of Superman” TV series starring George Reeves premieres in syndication.
1955 – Hurricane Hilda kills 200 people in Mexico.
1960 – Chubby Checker’s “The Twist” hits #1 on the Billboard Hot 100.
1968 – Detroit Tigers pitcher Denny McLain’s 31st win of the season, despite Mickey Mantle’s 535th career home run, at Tiger Stadium in Detroit.
1970 – “The Mary Tyler Moore Show” premieres on CBS.
1976 – New York concert promoter Sid Bernstein offers $230 million to charity for a Beatles reunion. The group politely declines.
1982 – 34th Emmy Awards: “Hill Street Blues,” “Barney Miller,” Alan Alda and Carol Kane win.
1986 – 3-D short film “Captain EO” with Michael Jackson premieres at Disney theme parks.
1993 – San Diego Chargers kicker John Carney boots 6 field goals in an 18-17 win over Houston to set a NFL record with 29 consecutive field goals made.
1995 – The Washington Post and The New York Times publish the Unabomber’s manifesto.
2004 – Oakland Raiders wide receiver Jerry Rice ends NFL streak of 274 consecutive games with a reception in a 13-10 victory over Buffalo Bills.
2008 – Greg Maddux pitches his 5,000th career inning against the San Francisco Giants.
2016 – 58th Emmy Awards hosted by Jimmy Kimmel: “Game of Thrones,” Julia Dreyfus and Rami Malek win.
2022 – British monarch Queen Elizabeth II interred at Windsor Castle after a state funeral at Westminster Abbey in London with an unprecedented 500 world leaders in attendance.