1890 – The Delta Chi fraternity is founded by 11 law students at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York.
1914 – Garrett Morgan patents his safety hood device, which would later be refined into the gas mask
1914 – Pro-German Boers begin opposition to British authority in South Africa
1943 – Italy declares war on former Axis partner Germany
1944 – Riga, capital of Latvia, freed
1958 – Burial of Pope Pius XII on the 41st anniversary of the “Miracle of the Sun”
1985 – “Sunday in the Park with George” closes at Booth NYC after 604 performances
1991 – MLB American League Championship: Minnesota Twins beat Toronto Blue Jays, 4 games to 1
2011 – Italian conductor Ricardo Muti is awarded the second $1 million Birgit Nilsson Prize
2018 – Oldest known human remains from Poland at 115,000 years from revealed to be Neanderthal child from Ciemna Cave eaten by a large bird