1919 – 1st US Distinguished Service Medal awarded to a living female recipient, Anna Howard Shaw
1932 – Jimmie Foxx wins AL MVP and Chuck Klein wins NL MVP
1936 – HR Ekins of “NY World-Telegram” beats 2 other reporters in a race around the world on commercial flights, by 18½ days
1957 – “Damn Yankees” closes at 46th St Theater NYC after 1,022 performances
1958 – Stirling Moss wins season ending Moroccan Grand Prix at Ain-Diab but fellow Brit Mike Hawthorn takes World Championship of Drivers from Moss by just 1 point by finishing second; first British world champion
1967 – Igor Ter-Ovanesyan of USSR, sets then long jump record at 27′ 4 3/4″
1983 – Grenada general Hudson Austin forms “revolutionary council”
1987 – Woody Woodward resigns as NY Yankee GM, Lou Piniella is named GM and Billy Martin is named NY Yankee manager for 5th and final time
1994 – 160 killed in fighting in Tsjetsjenie (Chechnya)
1997 – 700th World Series home run (Sandy Alomar, Cleveland Indians)