1701 – William Penn presents Charter of Privileges, guaranteed religious freedom for the colony in Pennsylvania
1900 – Theodore Dreiser’s novel “Sister Carrie” is published
1942 – Operation Torch; began as US and British forces under Eisenhower land in French North Africa
1957 – Great Britain performs atmospheric nuclear test at Christmas Island
1966 – President Lyndon B. Johnson signs anti-trust immunity to AFL-NFL merger
1984 – STS 51-A (Discovery), the 14th Space Shuttle mission launches
1988 – 900 die as earthquake hits China
1992 – “Solitary Confinement” opens at Nederlander Theater NYC for 25 performances
1994 – Haitian government of Smarck Michel forms
2018 – Woolsey Fire starts near Thousand Oaks, California with Malibu and Calabasas evacuated, kills three