1908 – Crete revolts against Turkey and aligns with Greece
1927 – Yank Herb Pennock retires 1st 22 Pirates in World Series game
1958 – Potter Stewart appointed to US Supreme Court
1960 – TV series “Route 66” premieres on CBS
1968 – Motion Picture Association of America adopts film rating system
1973 – Scotsman Jackie Stewart wins his 3rd Formula 1 World Drivers Championship despite withdrawing from the season ending US Grand Prix at Watkins Glen; wins title by 16 points from Emerson Fittipaldi
1978 – LA Dodgers win the pennant
1993 – Massive Muslim demonstration in Xining, China, 12 killed
1994 – Lu Bin swims female 200m medley world record (2:11.57)
2021 – Zanzibar born writer Abdulrazak Gurnah is awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature