0918 The German king Conrad I dies after a 7-year reign in which he has warred with the Danes, the Slavs, the Magyars, and the duke of Saxony
1122 The Holy Roman Emperor Henry V renounces the right of investiture with ring and crozier in the September 23 Concordat of Worms, recognizes freedom of election of the clergy, and promises to restore all church property
1779 John Paul Jones' "Bon Homme Richard" defeats 'HMS Serepis'
1780 British MAJ John Andre was apprehended as a Spy, near Tarrytown, NY
1803 The Battle of Assaye ends in victory for British forces under Arthur Wellesley, 34, brother of India's governor-general Richard Colley, first marquis Wellesley
1806 The Lewis and Clark expedition returns to St Louis after nearly 28 months of exploration
1845 First baseball team, NY Knickerbockers organize, adopt rule code
1846 Johann Gottfried Galle and Heinrich d'Arrest find Neptune
1862 Lincoln's Emancipation is published in Northern Newspapers
1863 Confederate siege of Chattanooga begins
1868 Grito de Lares proclaims Puerto Rico's independence (crushed by Spain)
1879 Baldwin steam motors tram first tried in Sydney Australia
1897 First frontier days rodeo celebration (Cheyene Wyoming)
1908 University of Alberta opens
1912 First Mack Sennett "Keystone Comedy" movie released
1926 Gene Tunney defeats Jack Dempsey for world heavyweight boxing title
1932 Kingdom of Hejaz andNejd renamed Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
1938 Time capsule, to be opened in 6939, buried at World's Fair in NYC (capsule contained a woman's hat, man's pipe and 1,100' of microfilm)
1941 First gassing experiments are made at Auschwitz.
1942 HMAS VOYAGER (RAN),lost in the East Indies, south coast of Timor ran aground, possibly bombed by Japanese aircraft (sources vary) and destroyed by own forces.
1949 Truman announces evidence of USSR's first nuclear device detonation
1952 First closed circuit pay-TV telecast of a sports event
1952 Richard Nixon makes his "Checker's" speech
1952 Rocky Marciano KOs heavyweight champ Jersey Joe Walcott in 13 for heavyweight boxing title
1961 First movie to become a TV series-How to Marry a Millionaire
