1609 – Children’s rhyme “Three Blind Mice” published in London.
1792 – First celebration of Columbus Day in the USA held in New York.
1850 – First women’s medical school (Women’s Medical College of Penns), opens.
1859 – Self-proclaimed Emperor of the USA, Emperor Norton issues edit abolishing the US Congresss.
1892 – US Pledge of Allegiance first recited in public schools during Columbus Day.
1900 – The first modern submarine is commissioned by the U.S. Navy as the USS Holland, named for its designer John Philip Holland.
1901 – Theodore Roosevelt renames “Executive Mansion” as “The White House”
1915 – Ford Motor Company under Henry Ford manufactures its 1 millionth Model T automobile.
1928 – 1st use of iron lung (Boston’s Children Hospital).
1935 – Cole Porters musical “Jubilee” premieres in NYC.
1950 – “Call Me Madam” opens at Imperial Theater NYC for 644 performances.
1960 – JFK & Richard Nixon’s third presidential debate.
1973 – Nixon nominates Gerald Ford to replace Spiro Agnew as VP.
1981 – 15th Country Music Association Award: Barbara Mandrell & George Jones wins.
1989 – Herschel Walker is traded from Cowboys to Vikings for 12 players.
1991 – Statler Brothers Show premieres on TNN.
1999 – The Day of Six Billion: the proclaimed 6 billionth living human in the world is born.
1999 – Pat Lafontaine formally retires from the NHL due to lingering concussion problems.
2008 – Anna Kournikova and Andy Roddick defeat Martina Navratilova and Jesse Levine in a match for charity, raising over $400,000 for the Elton John AIDS Foundation and Atlanta
AIDS Partnership Fund.
2012 – The European Union wins the 2012 Nobel Peace Prize, sparking a series of critical commentary.
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