1845 – Naval School (now called the US Naval Academy) opens in Annapolis
1957 – US President Eisenhower apologizes to the finance minister of Ghana, Komla Agbeli Gbedemah, after he is refused service in a restaurant in Dover, Delaware
1973 – MLB National League Championship: New York Mets beat Cincinnati Reds 3-2
1994 – MPAA chief Jack Valenti holds a meeting to determine new movie ratings
1994 – NY Giants retire Lawrence Taylor’s #56
2002 – Hungarian writer and Holocaust survivor Imre Kertész is awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature
2003 – Shirin Ebadi is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for her significant and pioneering efforts for democracy and human rights, becoming the first Iranian Muslim woman to receive the prize
2019 – 3,500 women are allowed to attend a football match in Iran for a World Cup qualifier in Tehran for the first time since the Islamic Revolution