1919 – Hurricane tides reach 16 feet above normal drowning 280 people along US Gulf Coast
1930 – Philadelphia A’s win AL Championship for the second year in a row
1948 – Communist Madiun Uprising in Dutch Indies (Muso/Sjarifudin)
1954 – Cleveland Indians clinch AL pennant, beating Tigers (3-2)
1962 – Charlie Finley is denied permission to move the A’s to Dallas-Fort Worth
1976 – Chinese Communist Party Chairman Mao Zedong’s funeral takes place in Beijing, China
1979 – Briitish rock band “The Who” plays first of five concerts at Madison Square Garden, New York City
2024 – Tupperware Brands, maker of plastic kitchenware since 1948, files for bankruptcy in Florida