1783 – John Austin, a footpad turned murderer, is the last to be publicly hanged at London’s Tyburn gallows
1942 – 12th day of battle at El Alamein: Scottish assault
1948 – 2nd NHL All-Star Game, Chicago Stadium, Chicago, IL: All-Stars beat Toronto Maple Leafs, 3-1; Gordie Howe’s first of 23 All-Star appearances
1954 – Max Born and Walter Bothe win Nobel Prize for Physics
1970 – Marxist Salvador Allende inaugurated as President of Chile
1993 – Greg Maddux becomes first pitcher since Sandy Koufax to win the National League’s Cy Young Award in successive MLB seasons and the first in successive seasons with different teams; Cubs 1992, Braves 1993
1997 – Boston Red Sox shortstop Nomar Garciaparra becomes 6th player to be unanimous choice for American League Rookie of the Year; leads AL in hits (209), triples (11), multi-hit games (68); also sets AL rookie-record with 30-game hitting streak
2019 – Delhi reaches worst pollution levels of the year, over 900 AQI, with authorities declaring public health emergency