Events, Births and Deaths Happening on this Date

1765

The Stamp Act Congress, meeting in New York, drew up a declaration of rights and liberties.

1781

British troops under Lord Cornwallis surrendered at Yorktown, Va., as the American Revolution neared its end.

1789

John Jay is sworn in as the first Chief Justice of the United States.

1812

French forces under Napoleon Bonaparte began their retreat from Moscow.

1914

In the U.S., government owned vehicles were first used to pick up mail in Washington, DC.

1915

The U.S. recognized General Venustiano Carranza as the president of Mexico. The U.S. imposed embargo to all parts of Mexico except where Carranza was in control.

1933

Basketball was introduced to the 1936 Olympic Games by the Berlin Organization Committee.

1943

The Moscow Conference of Foreign Ministers began in Russia during World War II. Delegates from the U.S.S.R., Great Britain, the U.S., and China met to discuss war aims and cooperation between the nations.

1944

The Navy announced that black women would be allowed into Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service (WAVES)

1944

The play "I Remember Mama" opened on Broadway. Marlon Brando made his debut with his appearance.

1950

United Nations forces entered the North Korean capital of Pyongyang.

1951

President Truman signed an act formally ending the state of war with Germany.

1951

U.S. President Truman singed an act officially ending the state of war with Germany.

1959

Patty Duke, at the age of 12, made her Broadway debut in "The Miracle Worker". The play lasted for 700 performances.

1960

The United States imposed an embargo on exports to Cuba covering all commodities except medical supplies and certain food products.

1969

Vice President Spiro Agnew referred to anti-Vietnam War protesters ''an effete corps of impudent snobs.''

1977

The supersonic Concorde made its first landing in New York City.

1983

The U.S. Senate approved a bill establishing a national holiday in honor of Martin Luther King Jr.

1984

Four U.S. employees of the CIA were killed in El Salvador when their plane crashed.

1987

The stock market crashed as the Dow Jones Industrial Average plunged 508 points, or 22.6 percent in value - its biggest-ever percentage drop.

1989

The Guilford Four were cleared of all charges and released after 14 years in prison. The charges were from the 1975 IRA bombings of public houses in Guildford and Woolrich, England.

1989

The U.S. Senate rejected a proposed constitutional amendment that barred the desecration of the American flag.

1998

The Nevada Athletic Commission voted to return former heavyweight champion Mike Tyson's boxing license. Tyson lost his license after biting Evander Holyfield's ear during a fight.

1998

In Washington, DC, Microsoft went on trial to defend against an antitrust case.

1998

Fires in Nigeria swept through villages killing 500 people.

2001

Two U.S. Army Rangers were killed in a helicopter crash in Pakistan. The deaths were the first American deaths of the military campaign in Afghanistan.

2001

It was reported that a New Jersey postal worker and a New York Post employee had tested positive for skin anthrax.

2001

<i>SIEV X</i>, an Indonesian fishing boat en route to Christmas Island, carrying over 400 migrants, sinks in international waters with the loss of 353 people.

2002

In York, PA, former mayor Charlie Robertson was acquitted and two other men were convicted in the shotgun murder of a young black woman during race riots in 1969.

2003

In London, magician David Blaine emerged from a clear plastic box that had been suspended by a crane over the banks of the Thames River. He survived only on water for 44 days. Blaine had entered the box on September 5.

2003

Mother Teresa is beatified by Pope John Paul II.

2004

Thirteen people are killed when Corporate Airlines Flight 5966 crashes in Adair County, Missouri, whilst on approach to Kirksville Regional Airport.

2005

Saddam Hussein goes on trial in Baghdad for crimes against humanity.

2005

Hurricane Wilma becomes the most intense Atlantic hurricane on record with a minimum pressure of 882 mb.

2006

The Dow Jones industrial average ended the day at 12,011.73. It was the first close above 12,000.

2012

A bomb explosion kills eight people and injures 110 more in Lebanon.

2013

One hundred and five people are injured in a train crash in Buenos Aires.

2019

Members of Parliament met at the House of Lords to discuss the United Kingdom's Brexit deal, this was the first Saturday sitting in Parliament since 3 April 1982 during the Falklands War.

1885

Charles Merrill, founder of Merrill-Lynch, was born.

1950

Edna St. Vincent Millay, American poet and dramatist.