1897 – Aaron and Samuel Bloch carry 1st Mail Pouch
1925 – Pittsburgh Pirates beat Washington Senators, 4 games to 3 in 22nd World Series
1932 – Tata Airlines (later to become Air India) makes its first flight.
1941 – Jews caught outside Nazi Ghetto walls in occupied Poland could be put to death
1951 – First synthesis of an oral contraceptive (norethindrone) made by Luis E. Miramontes under direction of Carl Djerassi and George Rosenkranz at Mexican drug company Syntex
1953 – John Patrick’s “Teahouse of the August Moon” premieres in New York
1969 – Bank of America World Headquarters (555 California) dedicated
1997 – Nobel Prize for Chemistry awarded to Jens Christain Skou, Paul D. Boyer and John E. Walker for their work on enzymes in the body
2005 – Riot in Toledo, Ohio breaks out during a National Socialist/Neo-Nazi protest; over 100 are arrested.
2011 – Global protests break out in 951 cities in 82 countries