1854 – Henry Meyer patents sleeping rail car
1926 – The San Siro is inaugurated with a match between AC Milan and Inter.
1933 – NY Giants clinch the pennant
1943 – Liberator bombers sinks U-341
1953 – “Hazel Flagg” closes at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC after 190 performances
1980 – “Ordinary People” directed by Robert Redford and starring Donald Sutherland, Mary Tyler Moore and Judd Hirsch is released (Best Picture 1981)
1983 – St Kitts and Nevis declares independence from UK
1993 – Tom Glavine wins 20 games in 3 straight years
2008 – Greg Maddux pitches his 5,000th career inning against the San Francisco Giants
2015 – Japan beats South Africa 34-32 in Brighton, England in the biggest upset in Rugby World Cup history