1913 – José Victoriano Huerta Márquez elected president of Mexico
1927 – Duke Ellington sings “Creole Love Song”
1947 – Maharajah of Jammu and Kashmir accedes to India
1962 – JFK warns Russia that the USA will not allow Soviet missiles to remain in Cuba
1968 – Striker Antal Dunai scores twice as Hungary outclasses Bulgaria 4-1 to take the men’s football gold medal at the Mexico City Olympics
1970 – “Doonesbury” comic strip debuts in 28 newspapers
1992 – London Ambulance Service thrown into chaos after implementation problems with a new Computer Aided Dispatch (CAD) system
1995 – Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: Mossad agents assassinate Islamic Jihad leader Fathi Shikaki in his hotel in Malta.
2007 – Breeders’ Cup Horse Racing, Monmouth Park; Day 1 winners: Maryfield, Nownownow, Corinthian
2018 – Irish singer Sinéad O’Connor announces she has converted to Islam