Jack the Ripper killed first victim (Mary Ann Nichols), 1888
Rocky Marciano killed, 1969
John Bunyan, author (“Pilgrim’s Progress”), died, 1688
Henry V of England died, 1422
Richard Ramirez arrested for “Night Stalker” killings, 1985
Solidarity founded in Poland, 1980
John Ford (Sean Aloysius O’Feeney), film director, died, 1973
Malaysia attained independence, 1957
Susan Butcher, champion dogsled racer, married David Monson, 1985
Charles Baudelaire, French poet, died, 1867
Sally Rand (Helen Gould Beck), inventor of the fan dance, died, 1979
Leofric, husband of Lady Godiva, died, 1057
First US national skeet-shooting tournament held (Indianapolis), 1935
US branch of the Communist Party founded, 1919
Jim Bakker suffered an apparent breakdown during his fraud trial, 1989
Burning draft cards declared illegal in US, 1965
First movie projector patented (Thomas Edison, “kinetoscope”), 1887
First lawn tennis national championship held, 1881
First automobile crossed US under its own power (52 days, Packard), 1903
First radio news show broadcast (Detroit - WWJ), 1920
First professional (American) football game (Latrobe, Pennsylvania), 1895
Trinidad and Tobago became a commonwealth nation, 1962
Hurricane Carol hit New England, New York, and New Jersey (70 killed), 1954
First giant squid captured alive (Bergen, Norway), 1982
First major earthquake in recorded history of eastern US (Charleston, South Carolina), 1886
Non-aggression pact signed by Russia and Afghanistan, 1926