1861 – Battle of Belmont, fought in Mississippi County, Missouri begins, first combat test for Brigadier General Ulysses S. Grant, Union victory (US Civil War)
1907 – Delta Sigma Pi, a professional fraternity organized to foster the study of business in universities is founded at New York University.
1944 – Franklin D. Roosevelt is re-elected President of the United States for a record fourth term, defeating Republican candidate Thomas E. Dewey
1956 – Suez Crisis ends with a ceasefire as the United Nations Emergency Force is established at instigation of Canadian diplomat Lester B. Pearson and UN Secretary-General Dag Hammarskjöld
1967 – LBJ signs a bill establishing Corporation for Public Broadcasting
1968 – USSR performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya USSR
1969 – John Lennon and Yoko Ono release their second album “Wedding Album” in UK
1990 – “Little Night Music” closes at New York State NYC after 11 performances
1992 – 1st NBA game at America West Arena, Phoenix Suns beat Clippers 111-105
2017 – Extreme smog in Delhi, India, leads Indian Medical Association to declare “a state of medical emergency”