1737 – Earthquake kills 300,000 and destroys half of Calcutta, India
1861 – Battle of Dumfries, VA (Quantico Creek)
1865 – President Andrew Johnson paroles Confederate States VP Alexander H. Stephens
1911 – Ty Cobb (AL) and Frank Schulte (NL) are named inaugural MLB MVPs; prize is a car
1919 – First transcontinental air race ends
1923 – Babe Ruth hits 2 HRs in a World Series game
1939 – NAACP organized Legal Defense and Education Fund
1972 – MLB National League Championship: Cincinnati Reds beat Pittsburgh Pirates, 3 games to 2
1975 – Islander’s Bryan Trottier’s 1st career hat trick
2012 – A further 83 people are killed throughout Syria by the Syrian army