1659 – Robinson Crusoe is shipwrecked (according to Daniel Defoe)
1841 – Samuel Slocum patented the stapler.
1867 – Midway Islands formally declared a US possession.
1898 – City of NY established.
1919 – Avery Hopwood’s “Gold Diggers” premieres in NYC.
1934 – St Louis Cards clinch pennant as Dizzy Dean wins his 30th game of the year.
1935 – Gershwin’s “Porgy & Bess” premieres in Boston.
1942 – Admiral Chester Nimitz’s B-17 finds Guadalcanal using National Geographic map.
1949 – American chemist Percy L. Julian at the Glidden Company announces an improved method for producing cortisone.
1954 – 1st nuclear submarine, USS Nautilus, commissioned by the US Navy.
1960 – On Howdy Doody’s last show Clarabelle finally talks “Goodbye Kids”
1961 – Bill for Boston Tea Party is paid by Mayor Snyder of Oregon who wrote a check for $196, the total cost of all tea lost.
1962 – James Meredith registers for classes at University of Mississippi.
1965 – LA Dodger Don Drysdale (23-12) wins 13th straight game, 7 by shutouts.
1968 – 1st Boeing 747 rolls out.
1970 – New American Bible published.
1980 – Ethernet specifications published by Xerox working with Intel and Digital Equipment Corporation.
1997 – Microsoft releases Internet Explorer 4.
2004 – The AIM-54 Phoenix, the primary missile for the F-14 Tomcat, retired from service. Almost two years later, the Tomcat retires.
2017 – A case of Ebola Virus reaches Dallas, Texas.
