1911 – Boston Rustlers’ future Baseball Hall of Fame pitcher Cy Young’s MLB farewell appearance is a disappointment as he loses 13-3 to the Brooklyn Dodgers in his 906th game
1936 – Baseball World Series: Yankees beat Giants 13-5 at Polo Grounds to win all-New York series 4-2
1939 – WWII: Adolf Hitler speech at the Reichstag celebrates the defeat of Poland, offers peace to France and England, and mentions need for “settlement of the Jewish problem”
1947 – Baseball World Series: NY Yankees beat Brooklyn Dodgers, 5-2 at Yankee Stadium to clinch series, 4 games to 3; 11th championship in team history
1949 – US President Harry Truman signs the Mutual Defense Assistance Act to strengthen NATO allies especially Greece and Turkey
1973 – Yom Kippur War begins as Syria and Egypt attack Israel
1987 – Military coup leader Major-General Sitiveni Rabuka declares Fiji a republic
2022 – Former police officer with a history of drug use attacks a daycare center, killing at least 37 people, including 23 children, with a gun and knife in Uthai Sawan, Thailand