1881 – Gunfight at the OK Corral: The most famous shootout in the Wild West occurs, between lawmen (including Wyatt Earp) and the Cowboys, with Tom and Frank McLaury and Billy Clanton killed
1964 – Eric Edgar Cooke becomes last person in Western Australia to be executed.
1972 – Henry Kissinger declares “Peace is at hand” in Vietnam
1979 – Park Chung-hee, President of South Korea is assassinated by KCIA head Kim Jae-kyu. Choi Kyu-ha becomes the acting President; Kim is executed the following May.
1988 – Donald Trump bills Mike Tyson $2,000,000 for 4 months’ advisory service
1988 – US-Soviet effort to free 2 grey whales from frozen Arctic, Barrow, AK
1996 – World Series Baseball: New York beats Atlanta Braves, 3-2 in Game 6 at Yankee Stadium to win club’s 23rd title; MVP: Bronx Bombers’ reliever John Wetteland
2012 – 64 people are killed in West Burma after continued sectarian clashes
2018 – Longest Baseball World Series game by both innings and time; LA Dodgers beat Boston Red Sox, 3-2 in the 18th inning (7 hours, 20 mins) in Game 3 at Dodger Stadium with Max Muncy walk-off homer
2018 – Rhine River in drought with lowest levels since 1920s forces German government to release oil reserves after barge shipments disrupted