1137 – Battle of Rignano between Ranulf of Apulia and Roger II of Sicily.
1389 – French King Charles VI visits pope Clemens VII
1871 – Philadelphia Athletics beat Chicago for 1st National Association baseball pennant
1944 – Scots Highlanders liberate Waalwijk
1944 – Aaron Copland’s ballet score “Appalachian Spring” premieres in Washington, D.C. with Martha Graham dancing lead role
1948 – 20 die and 6,000 made ill by smog in Donora, Pennsylvania
1974 – California Angel Nolan Ryan throws fastest recorded pitch (100.9 MPH)
1994 – Thomas Nicely reports bug in Intel’s Pentium-processor on the Internet
1997 – Shirley Allen, 51, held Illinois police off for 39 days captured
2015 – Breeders’ Cup Horse Racing, Keeneland Racetrack; Day 1 winners: Hit It A Bomb, Liam’s Map, Catch A Glimpse, Stopchargingmaria