1941 – US President Roosevelt launches the 1st Liberty ship, freighter SS Patrick Henry
1953 – Baltimore Colt Bert Rechichar kicks a 56-yard field goal
1961 – Sandy Koufax sets NL strikeout season record at 269
1963 – Lee Harvey Oswald visits Cubans consulate in Mexico
1968 – Cardinals’ super pitcher Bob Gibson’s 13th shutout of year
1971 – Tripartite talks involving the prime ministers of Northern Ireland, Britain, and the Taoiseach (Irish Prime Minister) of the Republic of Ireland take place at Chequers, England
1974 – Australian National Gallery buys W de Kooning’s “Woman V” for $850,000
1982 – Cards clinching NL East title
1990 – Senate Judiciary committee approves Souter’s Supreme Court
2009 – German Federal elections return Angela Merkel for her second term as Chancellor at head of centre-right coalition government