1600 – Battle of Sekigahara, rise of the Tokugawa shogunate in Japan
1831 – The locomotive “John Bull” operates for the first time in New Jersey on the Camden and Amboy Railroad
1914 – First Battle of Aisne finishes, Germans vs. French and British during WW I
1921 – WBZ-AM in Boston MA begins radio transmissions
1945 – A hurricane in southern Florida and the Bahamas destroys 366 planes and 25 blimps at NAS Richmond.
1953 – WVEC TV channel 13 in Hampton-Norfolk, VA (ABC) begins broadcasting
1968 – WUAB TV channel 43 in Lorain-Cleveland, Ohio (IND) begins broadcasting
1983 – Israel premier Menachem Begin resigns
1991 – “Party Machine with Nia Peeples” final show
2005 – “Be Without You” single released by Mary J. Bilge (Billboard Song of the Year 2006, Grammy Award Best RandB Song, Best Female RandB Vocal Performance 2005)