Youngest world chess title won (Gary Kasparov, 22), 1985
Kristallnacht, 1938
Dylan Marlais Thomas, Welsh poet and playwright, died, 1953
John Mitchell died, 1988
Blackout of New York, New England, and Eastern Canada, 1965
The Berlin Wall fell, 1989
American Birth Control League formed (Margaret Sanger), 1921
Saturn V first launched, 1967
Philip Murray, US labor leader and founder of CIO, died, 1952
CIO broke away from AFL, 1935
Vietnam Veterans Memorial (“3 Servicemen”) completed, 1984
Giant Panda discovered (China), 1927
Norma Nathan, “Boston Herald” gossip columnist, died, 1991
National Child Safety Council founded, 1955
Civil Works Administration established (Franklin Roosevelt), 1933
Margaret Mead arrived in Ta’u, Samoa, 1928
“Freshwater Fury” storm sank eight ore-carriers (Great Lakes), 1913
Chaim Weizmann, Israeli statesman, died, 1952
First pharmacy college opened (Philadelphia College of Apothecaries), 1821
Princess Diana made her first trip to US, 1985
Intercity stage coach service between New York and Philadelphia began, 1756
Yves Montand, French singer and actor, died, 1991
Boston fire became catastrophic because of the Great Epizootic (equine virus), 1872
First issue of “Rolling Stone” published, 1967
US Supreme Court ruled major league baseball isn’t covered by anti-trust laws, 1953
“Herzog” topped the fiction bestseller list, 1964