1815 – Napoleon Bonaparte arrives on the island of Saint Helena to begin his exile
1923 – Baseball World Series: NY Yankees beat NY Giants 6-4 in Game 6 at the Polo Grounds for a 4-2 series win; the Yankees’ first World Series victory
1965 – WEMT (now WVII) TV channel 7 in Bangor, ME (ABC) begins broadcasting
1986 – MLB American League Championship: Boston Red Sox beat California Angels, 4-3
1992 – Howard Stern Radio Show begins broadcasting on WLUP-AM in Chicago, Illinois
2001 – NASA’s Galileo spacecraft passes within 112 miles of Jupiter’s moon Io
2007 – Fox Business Network (FBN), an American financial cable network, is launched
2008 – MLB National League Championship: Philadelphia Phillies beat Los Angeles Dodgers 4-1