1637 – Peter Minuit and 1st Swedish immigrants to Delaware sail from Sweden
1759 – -22] Battle in Bay of Quiberon, British beat French
1943 – U-538 sinks in Atlantic Ocean
1952 – George Axelrod’s “Seven Year Itch” premieres in NYC
1983 – “Terms of Endearment” from the book by Larry McMurtry, directed by James L. Brooks and starring Shirley MacLaine and Debra Winger premieres in New York (Best Picture 1984)
1990 – Oakland’s Rickey Henderson wins AL MVP
1992 – Home crowd favourite Boris Becker claims his 2nd ATP Tour World Championship tennis title beating American Jim Courier 6–4, 6–3, 7–5 in the final in Frankfurt, Germany
1995 – “Beatles’ Anthology, Vol 1” released
2008 – After critical failures in the US financial system began to build up after mid-September, the Dow Jones Industrial Average reaches its lowest level since 1997.
2014 – Nearly 5 million illegal migrants in the US have the threat of deportation deferred, after President Barack Obama announces sweeping immigration changes