1924 – US President Calvin Coolidge declares Statue of Liberty a national monument
1954 – Hurricane Hazel makes landfall in the US in North Carolina as a category 4 hurricane, 195 die in US and Canada
1962 – WLOX TV channel 13 in Biloxi-Gulfport, MS (ABC) begins broadcasting
1964 – American Don Schollander swims a world record 4:12.2 to win the 400m freestyle gold medal at the Tokyo Olympics; second of Schollander’s 4 gold medals at the Games
1964 – American Al Oerter wins his third of 4 consecutive Olympic men’s discus titles at the Tokyo Olympics; beats Czech Ludvík Daněk by 0.08m
1970 – Anwar Sadat elected 3rd President of Egypt, succeeding the late Gamal Abdel Nasser
1974 – Nobel prize for chemistry awarded to Paul J. Flory for work on macro molecules
1979 – NY Knicks retire 2nd number, # 10, Walt Frazier
1993 – Amstel brewery on Curacao produces 1,000,000,000th bottle
2021 – IPL Cricket Final, Dubai International Stadium: Chennai Super Kings win their 4th IPL title beating Kolkata Knight Riders by 27 runs; Faf du Plessis scores 86 off 59 balls for Player of the Match