1812 – Napoleonic armies defeated at Vyazma
1911 – Chevrolet officially enters the automobile market in competition with the Ford Model T
1927 – Tropical storm flooding kills 84 in Winooski River Valley, Vermont
1944 – US 28th Infantry division occupies Schmidt Hurtgenwald
1962 – USSR performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya USSR
1970 – Future Baseball Hall of Fame pitcher Bob Gibson wins his second NL Cy Young Award (23-7 record, 274 strikeouts and 3.12 ERA
1970 – Marxist Salvador Allende inaugurated as President of Chile
1980 – Walter Hass Jr becomes CEO of Oakland A’s
1998 – “400 Degreez” 3rd studio album by Juvenile is released (Billboard no. 1 year end Top RandB/Hip Hop Albums 1999)
2012 – Syrian rebels launch a major assault on Taftanaz airbase