First standing US army (700 troops total) organized, 1789
Salyut 6 (USSR) launched, 1977
Second session of the ecumenical council Vatican II opened, 1963
Winslow Homer, US painter, died, 1910
Premiere of Olivier’s version of “Hamlet” (Broadway), 1948
US and Italy signed an armistice, 1943
Radio used for the first time for a US presidential campaign, 1936
First US government pension paid, 1789
Sandy Koufax struck out over 300 in a season for the third time, 1966
Britain began to govern Palestine, 1923
Don Mattingly hit his sixth grand slam of the season (a new record), 1987
“Make Room for Daddy” premiered, 1953
Rudolph Diesel, German engineer and inventor of diesel engine, drowned, 1913
First US paper mill began being constructed, 1690
Discovery (US), first manned flight since the Challenger explosion, launched, 1988
Allied forces break through the Hindenburg Line, 1918
First appearance of Greater London’s Metropolitan Police (“Scotland Yard”), 1829
First of seven deaths from cyanide laced Tylenol, 1982
Two brothers faced each other as rookie starting pitchers (Greg Maddux of Cubs vs. Mike of Phillies), 1986
Nuclear waste container exploded at Chelyabinsk-65, 1957