1822 – First eruption of Galunggung in Java sends boiling sludge into valley
1871 – Forest fire destroys Peshtigo, Wisconsin, killing between 1,200 and 2,500 people, making it the deadliest wildfire in recorded history
1906 – Karl Nessler demonstrates first ‘permanent wave’ for hair in London
1909 – Chicago Cubs beat NY Giants 4-2 in a playoff to win NL pennant
1956 – Yankees pitcher Don Larsen throws a perfect game as New York beats Brooklyn Dodgers, 2-0 in Game 5 of the World Series at Yankee Stadium
1958 – Braves Eddie Mathews strikes out for World Series record 11th time
1973 – Spyris Markezinis forms government in Greece
1980 – USSR performs nuclear test
2005 – NHL great Wayne Gretzky gets his first win as a coach as the Phoenix Coyotes beat the Minnesota Wild 2-1 at Jobing.com Arena, Phoenix
2014 – Eric Betzig, Stefan Hell and William Moerner win the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for the development of super-resolved fluorescence microscopy