1888 – Teetotalers’ excursion train crashes, killing 64 at Mud Run, Pennsylvania
1911 – Chinese revolutionaries begin an armed rebellion against the ruling Qing dynasty in Wuchang, causing the Viceroy of Huguang to flee the city (Taiwan National Day)
1913 – British passenger ship Volturno catches fire in the Atlantic, killing 136
1968 – George Harrison forms the music publishing company Singsong Ltd, though it only ever publishes one song, “Old Brown Shoe”
1985 – US fighter jets force an Egyptian plane carrying the hijackers of the Italian ship Achille Lauro to land in Italy, and the gunmen are placed in custody
1987 – Giants’ Jeffrey Leonard hits a playoff record home run in his fourth consecutive game
1990 – Mexican singer and actress Thalía releases her debut album “Thalía”
2015 – Bombing at a peace rally in Ankara, Turkey kills at least 95 and injures 200