1813 – During Creek War General Andrew Jackson, responding to White Stick Creek Indian plea at Fort Leslie, drives off attacking force of Red Stick Creek Indians at Talladega, Alabama
1927 – Pastor of Have begins blessing of motorcars and motors
1938 – Kristallnacht begins: pogrom against Jews in Germany and Austria – first large-scale physical act of anti-Jewish violence, begins
1965 – San Francisco Giants outfielder Willie Mays named National League MVP
1965 – Hurricane hits north east US/Canada
1968 – Ian Paisley and Ronald Bunting lead a Loyalist march to the Diamond area of Derry, North Ireland
1979 – False alarm of a Soviet ballistic missile attack by US NORAD system after technician fails to code a test properly
2005 – Venus Express mission of the European Space Agency is launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan