1785 – Church of England organizes in New England
1798 – Beginning of a 5 day New England Blizzard that covers thousands of houses and kills hundreds
1863 – Abraham Lincoln begins first draft of his Gettysburg Address
1953 – St Louis Browns officially become the Baltimore Baseball Club Inc
1960 – New MLB Washington franchise is awarded to Elwood Quesada
2001 – 66th Iron Bowl: Alabama beats Auburn 31-7 in Auburn
2013 – 50 people are killed after a Boeing 737 aircraft crashes in Kazan, Russia
2021 – Garbiñe Muguruza becomes first Spanish player to win WTA Finals defeating Estonian Anett Kontaveit 6–3, 7–5 in Zapopan, Mexico