0891 Formosus begins his reign as Catholic Pope

1683 13 German families arrive in present day Philadelphia

1781 Americans and French begin siege of Cornwallis at Yorktown; last battle of the Revolutionary War

1857 American Chess Assn organized; First major US chess tournament (NYC)

1863 Dr Charles H Sheppard opens the First public bath, in Brooklyn

1866 First train robbery in US

1876 American Library Association organized in Philadelphia

1884 Naval War College established in Newport RI

1889 Thomas Edison shows his First motion picture

1890 Mormon Church outlaws polygamy

1902 The rail link between Salisbury, Rhodesia, and Bulawayo is completed

1908 Austria annexes Bosnia and Herzegovina

1923 USSR adopts experimental calendar

1928 Chiang Kai-Shek becomes president of China

1935 Market Street Railway starts using trackless trolley coaches

1939 Hitler announces he has no attention of war with Britain and France

1943 400 Orthodox rabbis march on Washington from the Capitol to the White House. The President refuses to see them. However, as a result, public hearings on rescue in the House and Senate are held.

1949 Iva Toguri D'Aquino (Tokyo Rose) sentenced to 10 years and $10,000 fine

1949 Pres Truman signs Mutual Defense Assistance Act (for NATO)

1959 Soviet Luna 3, First successful photographic spacecraft, impacts Moon

1963 Barbra Streisand appears on "The Judy Garland Show"

1967 Haight-Ashbury hippies throw a funeral to mark the end of hippies

1972 22-car train carrying 2,000 pilgrims derails, kills 208 in Mexico

1973 Yom Kippur War begins as Syria and Egypt attack Israel

1976 John Hathaway completes a bicycle tour of every continent in the world and cycling 50,600 miles

1976 Pres Ford says there is "no Soviet domination in Eastern Europe"

1979 Pope John Paul II is First Pope to visit the White House

1991 Elizabeth Taylor weds for the 8th time (Larry Fortensky)

2000 Heather and Brent started going out

1883 The Orient Express travells from Paris to Istanbul in almost 78 hours, on its maiden run

1906 The birth of Janet Gaynor, Winner of the very first 'Oscar'2006 Hazardous waste plant near Apex, North Carolina explodes releasing chlorine gas, resulting in the evacuation of thousands and the hospitalization of over 100 residents.

2007 Presidential election occurs in Pakistan.