1895 – America’s first automotive producer, the Duryea Motor Wagon Company, is founded by Charles and J. Frank Duryes.
1898 – First cowboy film “Kit Carson” prmieres in US.
1928 – “My Weekly Reader” magazine made its debut.
1934 – St Louis Cardinals pitching Dean brothers shut out Brooklyn Dodgers in a doubleheader. Dizzy, in a 13-0 rout and Paul, with a 3-0 no-hitter.
1938 – The Great Hurricane of 1938 makes landfall on Long Island in New York. The death toll is estimated at 500-700 people.
1948 – Milton Berle becomes the permanent host on NBC’s TV show “Texaco Star Theater”
1955 – In his last fight, undefeated world heavyweight boxing champion Rocky Marciano KOs light heavyweight Archie Moore in the 9th round at Yankee Stadium, NYC.
1957 – “Perry Mason” TV series on the character by author Erie Stanley Gardner, starring Raymond Burr premieres on CBS-TV.
1966 – Five inches of rain falls in NYC.
1970 – “Monday Night Football” created by Roone Arledge, premieres on ABC – Browns 31, Jets 21.
1973 – Nate Archibald signs 7 year contract with NBA KC Kings for $450,000.
1981 – Enterprise Radio (all sports) goes off the air.
1986 – 38th Emmy Awards: “The Golden Girls”, “Cagney & Lacey” and Michael J. Fox win.
1990 – Oakland A’s Bob Welch becomes 1st 25 game winner in 10 years.
1998 – TV comedy “Will & Grace” starring Eric McCormack and Debra Messing premieres in the US.
2008 – Goldman Sacks and Morgan Stanley, the two last remaining independent investment banks on Wall Street become bank holding companies as a result of the subprime mortgage crisis.
2016 – Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and his wife Priscilla Chan pledge $3 billion to medical research to “cure, prevent or manage all diseases by the end of the century.
2021 – McDonald’s announces plans to “drastically” reduce plastic in its Happy Meals by 2025 (these meals make it one of largest toy distributors in the world.
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