Events, Births and Deaths Happening on this Date

1759

During the final French and Indian War, the British defeated the French on the Plains of Abraham overlooking Quebec City.

1943

Chiang Kai-shek became president of China.

1948

Republican Margaret Chase Smith of Maine was elected to the U.S. Senate, becoming the first woman to serve in both houses of Congress.

1949

The Ladies Professional Golf Association of America was formed in New York City.

1971

A four-day inmates' rebellion at the Attica Correctional Facility in upstate New York ended as police and guards stormed the prison; the ordeal and final assault claimed 43 lives.

1989

Fay Vincent was named commissioner of Major League Baseball, succeeding the late A. Bartlett Giamatti.

1993

Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and PLO chairman Yasser Arafat shook hands at the White House after signing an accord granting limited Palestinian autonomy.

1993

At the White House, Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and PLO chairman Yasser Arafat shook hands after signing an accord granting limited Palestinian autonomy.

1997

Funeral services were held in Calcutta, India, for Nobel peace laureate Mother Teresa.

1998

NBC's ''Frasier'' won a record fifth consecutive Emmy as TV's best comedy series.

1999

A suspected bomb devastated an eight-story apartment building in Moscow, killing at least 118 people.

1803

Commodore John Barry, considered by many the father of the American Navy, died in Philadelphia.

1977

Conductor Leopold Stokowski died in Hampshire, England, at age 95. (b. 1882)

1996

Tupac Shakur, Rapper, producer, and actor, died at a Las Vegas hospital six days after he was wounded in a drive-by shooting; he was 25. (b. 1971)

1998

George C. Wallace, lawyer, and former Alabama Governor died at age 79. (b. 1919)

2019

Eddie Money, American singer and songwriter who, in the 1970s and 1980s, had eleven Top 40 songs. (b. 1949)