1863 – Battle of Charlestown, WV
1929 – Women are considered “Persons” under Canadian law
1952 – Vinoo Mankad takes 13 Pakistan wkts to win 1st India-Pak clash
1966 – “Apple Tree” opens at Shubert Theater NYC for 463 performances
1977 – NY Yankees win their 21st World Championship, 4 games
1979 – USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
1980 – Brooke Alexander, 18, of Hawaii, crowned Miss World USA
1991 – US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1991 – “My Own Private Idaho” directed and written by Gus van Sant starring River Phoenix and Keanu Reeves is released
1997 – The groundbreaking Guggenheim Museum, designed by Frank Gehry, is inaugurated by King Juan Carlos I in Bilbao, Spain