Edmund Cartwright, inventor of the power loom, died, 1823
Venezuela established, 1817
“Sense and Sensibility” by Jane Austen published, 1811
“War of the Worlds” broadcast, 1938
James Schoolcraft Sherman, 27th US vice president, died, 1912
Juan Carlos assumed power in Spain, 1975
Groundbreaking ceremony for new Texas Rangers’ ballpark, 1991
Celluloid photographic film patented, 1898
USS Reuben James, a US destroyer, was sunk by a German sub, 1941
Ball point pen patented (John J. Loud), 1888
Jean Henri Dunant, Swiss founder of the Red Cross Society, died, 1910
First Methodist Church in America dedicated, 1768