1892 – First public appearance of John Philip Sousa’s New Marine Band, at Stillman Music Hall in Plainfield, New Jersey.
1914 – Federal Trade Commission formed to regulate interstate commerce.
1921 – New York Yankees’ Babe Ruth hit home runs 57 and 58 to beat Cleveland Indians 8-7.
1925 – PGA Championship Men’s Golf, Olympia Fields CC: Defending champion Walter Hagen defeats Bill Mehlhorn 6 & 5 in the final; 3rd PGA crown overall, and 7th of his 11 major titles.
1934 – British ocean liner RMS Queen Mary is launched, “wins” Blue Riband for fastest passenger crossing of the Atlantic, 1936 & 1938-52: retired in 1967 and is permanently moored and converted to a hotel in Long Beach, California.
1947 – Major League Baseball Commissioner Happy Chandler announces Ford and Gillette to sponsor the World Series.
1949 – Groundbreaking ceremony for the Hollywood sign in Hollywood, Los Angeles; old Hollywoodland sign torn down, reconstruction of a replacement begins with just Hollywood.
1950 – Philadelphia Phillies pitcher Jim Konstanty makes record 71st appearance of the year.
1955 – New York Stock Exchange worst price decline since 1929.
1960 – First of four TV debates between presidential candidates Richard Nixon and John Kennedy took place (Chicago)
1962 – TV comedy series “Beverly Hillbillies” premieres on CBS.
1970 – The Laguna Fire starts in San Diego County, California, burning 175,425 acres.
1977 – Cleveland Browns play their first overtime game, beat New England Patriots 30-27.
1986 – Bobby (Patrick Duffy) returns to TV show “Dallas”, his death is attributed to his wife Pam’s bad dream (erases all of last season)
1993 – Ryder Cup Golf, The Belfry: United States beats Europe 15-13; Davis Love III secures victory for the US by beating Costantino Rocca at the 18th, 1 up.
2008 – Swiss pilot and inventor Yves Rossy first person to fly a jet engine-powered wing across the English Channel.
2014 – World Health Organizations estimate that the Ebola death toll has reached 3,091, with Liberia, Guinea and Sierra Leone hit hardest.
2017 – The video game “Fortnite: Battle Royale” is released, eventually becoming one of the most popular games worldwide.
2022 – NASA’s DART mission successfully crashes into the Dimorphos asteroid in the first planetary defense test.
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