1773 – American Revolutionary War: The United Kingdom’s East India Company tea ships’ cargo are burned at Annapolis.
1834- First African-American granted a US patent, Henry Blair, for a corn planter.
1884 – George Eastman patents paper-strip photographic film.
1901 – Justin Huntly McCarthy’s “If I were King” premiers in NYC.
1922 – 1st Tom McAn shoe store opens on Third Avenue NYC.
1922 – 1st automated telephones-Pennsylvania exchange in NYC.
1926 – A.A. Milne’s book “Winnie the Pooh” released.
1943 – US 8th Air Force loses 60 B-17s during assault on Schweinfurt.
1947 – Chuck Yeager in Bell XS-1 makes 1st supersonic flight (Mach 1.015).
1952 – UN General Assembly first meets at its new headquarters in New York.
1957 – Everly Brothers’ “Wake Up Little Susie” reaches #1.
1960 – Peace Corps 1st suggested by John F. Kennedy at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor.
1963 – WGHP TV channel 8 in Greensboro-High Point, NC (ABC) begins.
1964 – Martin Luther King Jr. announced as winner of the Nobel Peace Prize.
1975 – US President Gerald Ford escapes injury when his limousine is struck broadside.
1988 – Crude oil prices jump in anticipation of possible production accord at Gulf Cooperation Council meeting set for October 16.
1996 – Dow Jones closes over 6,000 for 1st time (6,010).
2003 – Fan Steve Bartman deflects the ball away from Chicago Cubs outfielder Moises Alou. Cubs give up eight runs in the inning and lose to Marlins 8-3, and the Bartman incident is seen as the turning point in the series.
2014 – World Health Organization announce Ebola virus death toll at 4,447, and the fatality rate has reached 70%.
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