1919 – US President Woodrow Wilson suffers a breakdown in Pueblo, Colorado; his health never recovers
1922 – Giants beat St. Louis to clinch John McGraw’s eighth pennant
1943 – Soviet troops liberate Smolensk
1955 – The Royal Jordanian Air Force is founded
1961 – KTPS TV channel 62 in Tacoma, WA (PBS) begins broadcasting
1981 – Sandra Day O’Connor is sworn in as the first female US Supreme Court Justice
1997 – WNBA announces it will add Detroit and Washington, D.C. franchises
2024 – Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau survives a no-confidence vote in Parliament aimed at bringing down his minority government