| 1683 | Thirteen families from Krefeld, Germany, arrived in present-day Philadelphia to begin Germantown, one of America's oldest settlements. |
| 1884 | The Naval War College was established in Newport, R.I. |
| 1889 | The Moulin Rouge in Paris first opened its doors to the public. |
| 1927 | The era of talking pictures arrived with the opening of ''The Jazz Singer,'' starring Al Jolson, a movie which featured both silent and sound-synchronized scenes. |
| 1939 | In an address to the Reichstag, Adolf Hitler denied having any intention of war against France and Britain. |
| 1949 | American-born Iva Toguri D'Aquino, convicted as Japanese wartime broadcaster ''Tokyo Rose,'' was sentenced in San Francisco to 10 years in prison and fined $10,000. |
| 1973 | War erupted in the Middle East as Egypt and Syria attacked Israel during the Yom Kippur holiday. |
| 1976 | In his second debate with Jimmy Carter, President Ford asserted there was ''no Soviet domination of eastern Europe.'' Ford later conceded that he had misspoken. |
| 1979 | Pope John Paul II, on a week-long U.S. tour, became the first pontiff to visit the White House, where he was received by President Carter. |
| 1981 | Egyptian President Anwar Sadat was shot to death by extremists while reviewing a military parade. |
| 1987 | The Senate Judiciary Committee voted 9-5 against the nomination of Robert H. Bork to the Supreme Court. |
