1913 – Philadelphia A’s beat NY Giants, 4 games to 1 in 10th World Series
1944 – Tuvinian People’s Republic or formerly Tannu Tuva was annexed by the U.S.S.R
1954 – “On Your Toes” opens at 46th St Theater NYC for 64 performances
1961 – USSR performs nuclear test
1974 – A’s Catfish Hunter charge owner Charlie Finley with breach of contract
1977 – Soyuz 25 returns to Earth
1984 – August Wilson’s “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” premieres in NYC
1994 – Russian ruble decreases to 3,926 rubles per dollar
1995 – O.J. Simpson cancels a TV appearance on Dateline
2018 – Russian Soyuz spacecraft makes emergency landing when rocket fails two minutes after liftoff, with American astronaut and Russian cosmonaut aboard