Fire in a social club (Bronx, New York - 25 killed), 1976
Cuban missile blockade began, 1962
Thirty Years War ended with the Treaty of Westphalia, 1648
Match patented (A. Phillips), 1836
George Washington Bridge (New York to New Jersey) opened, 1931
C.W. Russell, cowboy artist, died, 1926
Jack Roosevelt (“Jackie”) Robinson, baseball player, died, 1972
United Nations charter took effect, 1945
Nylon stockings first sold to the public (Wilmington, Delaware), 1939
Charles II first tasted cranberries, 1667
Jule Styne and Cy Coleman’s “Peter Pan” opened on Broadway, 1954
Tycho Brahe, Danish astronomer, died, 1601
First person survived Niagara Falls in a barrel (Anna Edson Taylor), 1901
Daniel Webster, American statesman, died, 1852
Bernardo O’Higgins, first ruler of Chile after independence, died, 1842
40-hour work week went into effect in US, 1940
Two of Uranus’ moons discovered (Ariel and Umbriel) (William Lassell), 1851
Jane Seymour, third wife of Henry VIII, died, 1537
First jockey to win more than $5 million in purses in a year (Steve Cauthen), 1977
Instruments of Independence signed in Zambia, 1964
Al Capone sentenced to 11 years in prison and $50,000 for income tax evasion, 1931
Teamsters union welcomed back into the AFL-CIO, 1987
Black Thursday (more than 13 million shares traded on New York Stock Exchange), 1929
Gene Roddenberry, “Star Trek” creator, died, 1991
First telegram transmitted across the US (Stephan Field to US president Lincoln), 1861
Eleven members of the Colombo crime family arrested, 1984