1901 – Cleveland’s Earl Moore no-hits Chicago White Sox 9 inn but loses in 10th 4-2
1914 – J.T. Hearne becomes the first bowler to take 3000 first-class wickets.
1916 – Disastrous wind-blown fire in Ellendale, North Dakota destroys three blocks of businesses, a church, and 21 homes
1945 – Czechoslovakia liberated from Nazi occupation (National Day)
1958 – “Vertigo”, American film noir psychological thriller directed by Alfred Hitchcock, starring Jimmy Stewart and Kim Novak, is released
1974 – US House of Representatives Judiciary Committee begins formal hearings on Nixon impeachment
1980 – 35 motorists die when roadway collapses after Liberian freighter ‘Summit Venture’ rams Sunshine Skyway Bridge, during a squall (Tampa Bay, Florida)
1992 – America Cup finals begin in San Diego
1992 – Salem Village Witchcraft Victims’ Memorial dedicated in Danvers (formally Salem Village) to mark 300 year anniversary of trials
2018 – Walmart takes a majority stake in Indian online retailer Flipkart for 16 billion