“Sister Carrie” by Theodore Dreiser published, 1900
Louvre opened, 1793
First ferry built exclusively for cars put in service, 1926
Kingman Brewster died, 1988
Allied soldiers invaded North Africa (Operation Torch), 1942
Halley’s Comet spotted, 1985
US debut for Sara Bernhardt (“La Dame aux Camelias”), 1880
Montana became 41st US state, 1889
Longest field goal in NFL history (Tom Dempsey, 63 yards), 1970
“Beer Hall Putsch” (Munich), 1923
Fire set by prisoner in a Biloxi, Mississippi jail (28 killed), 1982
John Milton, English poet, died, 1674
Thomas Bewick, English artist, wood engraver, and author, died, 1828
George Bush elected US president, 1988
US Congress had a Democratic majority for first time since 1894, 1910
Museum of Modern Art opened (New York), 1929
First black elected to US Senate by popular vote (Edward W Brooke), 1966
Abraham Lincoln reelected to second term, 1864
American League voted to move Philadelphia Athletics to Kansas City, 1954
Wilhelm Conrad Roentgen discovered X-rays, 1895
Francis Parkman, US historian and author (“The Oregon Trail”), died, 1893
“Pamela” by Samuel Richardson published, 1740
The whaler Charles W. Morgan arrived in Mystic, Connecticut to be restored, 1941
Discovery of 15th moon orbiting Saturn announced, 1979
First US women’s college founded (Mount Holyoke Seminary, Massachusetts), 1837
Norman Rockwell, US artist and illustrator, died, 1978