1492 – Christopher Columbus misses Florida when he changes course
1907 – France’s Henri Farman flies 30m in a biplane
1927 – Yank Herb Pennock retires 1st 22 Pirates in World Series game
1928 – Race Tafari Makonnen crowned king of Abyssinia
1951 – David Ben-Gurion forms 3rd Israeli government
1954 – Hassan el Hodeiby, leader of the Muslim Brothership, arrested in Egypt
1963 – Bobby Baker resigns as Senate Democratic secretary
1971 – “The French Connection” directed by William Friedkin and starring Gene Hackman, Roy Scheider and Fernando Rey premieres in the US (Academy Awards Best Picture 1972)
1989 – Rickey Henderson steals a record 8 bases in a play off (5 games)
1993 – Massive Muslim demonstration in Xining, China, 12 killed