1856 – Constitution of South Australia is adopted
1885 – “World Championship” Baseball Series, Cincinnati Base Ball Grounds: St. Louis Browns beat Chicago White Stockings 13–4 in Game 7; disputed series tied at 3-3-1
1924 – Christian General Feng Joe Siang occupies Beijing
1954 – Britain’s Mike Hawthorn wins the season-ending Spanish Grand Prix at Pedralbes; Argentine Maserati driver Juan Manuel Fangio wins his second Formula 1 World Drivers’ Championship by 17 points from countryman José Froilán González
1956 – The Associated Press names Cincinnati manager Birdie Tebbetts the National League Manager of the Year
1970 – Nancy Walker creates Ida Morgenstein role on “The Mary Tyler Moore Show”
1986 – Great Britain cuts diplomatic relations with Syria
2018 – Indian cricketer Virat Kohli becomes the 12th and the fastest to score 10,000 runs in one day international matches, taking just 205 innings