1187 – Sultan Saladin captures Jerusalem from Crusaders
1263 – The battle of Largs fought between Norwegians and Scots.
1470 – A rebellion organised by Richard Neville, 16th Earl of Warwick forces King Edward IV of England to flee to the Netherlands, restoring Henry VI to the throne.
1492 – King Henry VII of England invades France
1535 – Jacques Cartier discovers the area where Montreal is located.
1608 – Hans Lippershey applies for patent for first known early telescope in the Netherlands
1614 – French King Louis XIII declared an adult at 13
1656 – British north American colony of Connecticut passes law against Quakers
1780 – John André, British Army officer of the American Revolutionary War, is hanged as a spy by American forces.
1789 – George Washington sends the proposed Constitutional amendments (The United States Bill of Rights) to the States for ratification.
1800 – Nat Turner, American slave who led a slave rebellion (d. 1831) was born.
1803 – Samuel Adams, American politician, 4th Governor of Massachusetts (b. 1722) died.
1833 – NY Anti-Slavery Society organized
1835 – The Texas Revolution begins with the Battle of Gonzales: Mexican soldiers attempt to disarm the people of Gonzales, Texas, but encounter stiff resistance from a hastily assembled militia.
1853 – Austrian law forbids Jews from owning land
1864 – American Civil War: Battle of Saltville – Union forces attack Saltville, Virginia, but are defeated by Confederate troops.
1869 – Mahatma Gandhi [Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi], Porbandar Kathiawad India, pacifist and spiritual leader, (d. 1948)Born
1871 – Brigham Young, Mormon leader, arrested for bigamy
1889 – In Colorado, Nicholas Creede strikes it rich in silver during the last great silver boom of the American Old West.
1889 – 1st Pan American conference (Washington DC)Pan American Union
1904 – [Henry] Graham Greene, England, prolific novelist (Brighton Rock)Born
1914 – Jack Parsons, American rocket scientist, author, and occultist (d. 1952) Born
1919 – U.S. President Woodrow Wilson suffers a massive stroke, leaving him partially paralyzed.
1925 – John Logie Baird performs the first test of a working television system.
1928 – The “Prelature of the Holy Cross and the Work of God”, commonly known as Opus Dei, is founded by Saint Josemaría Escrivá. (5 of 9 U.S. Supreme Court Justices are OPUS DEI)
1929 – Howard Roberts, American guitarist (The Wrecking Crew) (d. 1992) was born.
1935 – Mussolini’s Italian army attacks Abyssinia (Ethiopia)
1936 – 1st alcohol power plant forms, Atchison, Kansas
1938 – Nick Gravenites, American singer–songwriter and guitarist (Big Brother and the Holding Company) was born.
1942 – World War II: Ocean Liner RMS Queen Mary accidentally rams and sinks her own escort ship, HMS Curacoa, off the coast of Ireland.
1944 – World War II: German troops end the Warsaw Uprising.
1945 – Don McLean, American singer-songwriter and guitarist was born.
1949 – Richard Hell, [Richard Myers - KY] American singer-songwriter and bass player (Television, Neon Boys, Richard Hell & The Voidoids , The Heartbreakers, and Dim Stars) was born. (65)
1949 – Annie Leibovitz, Waterbury, Connecticut, photographer (Rolling Stones)Born
1950 – 1st strip of Charlie Brown, “Li’l Folks”, later “Peanuts”, by Charles M. Schulz published in 9 papers
1951 – Sting [Gordon Sumner], English singer-songwriter, bass player (The Police), and actor (Dune)was born.
1954 – Lorraine Bracco, Brooklyn New York, actress (Sopranos, Goodfellas) Born
1955 – Philip Oakey, Sheffield, rock vocalist (Human Leauge-Only Human) Born
1955 – “Alfred Hitchcock Presents” premieres
1957 – Dave Faulkner, Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Victims, The Manikins, and Hoodoo Gurus) was born.
1959 – The anthology series The Twilight Zone premieres on CBS television.
1960 – Al Connelly, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist (Glass Tiger) was born.
1962 FROM OCTOBER 1 – we missed it!) – Esai Morales, Brooklyn NY, actor (Bad Boys, La Bamba)Born
1966 – Yokozuna, American wrestler (d. 2000) was born.
1967 – Grateful Dead members arrested by narcotic agents
1967 – Thurgood Marshall is sworn in as the first African-American justice of United States Supreme Court.
1967 – Bud Gaugh, American drummer (Sublime, Long Beach Dub Allstars, Eyes Adrift, Volcano, and Sublime with Rome) was born
1967 – Gary L. Gregg, American political scientist was born.
1968 – Jeff Martin, Canadian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (The Tea Party and Jeff Martin 777) was born.
1968 – Marcel Duchamp, French painter and sculptor (Nude Descending a Staircase), dies at 81
1968 – A peaceful student demonstration in Mexico City culminates in the Tlatelolco massacre by the order of the president, Gustavo Díaz Ordaz, to the soldiers of killing unarmed students, hiding the event from the public eye. The 1968 Summer Olympics hosted in Mexico City, started 10 days after the massacre.
1970 – A plane carrying the Wichita State University football team, administrators, and supporters crashes in Colorado killing 31 people.
1970 – Kelly Ripa, American actress, producer, and talk show host was birthed.
1971 – Jim Root (number #4), American guitarist and songwriter (Slipknot and Stone Sour) was born.
1974 – Sam Roberts, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist was born.
1974 – Paul Teutul, Jr., American motorcycle designer, co-founded Orange County Choppers was born.
1979 – Pope John Paul II denounces all forms of concentration camps and torture while speaking at the U.N. in New York City.
1980 – Larry Holmes TKOs Muhammad Ali in 11 for heavyweight boxing title
1980 – Michael Myers becomes the first member of either chamber of Congress to be expelled since the Civil War.
1982 – George Pettit, Canadian singer-songwriter and bass player (Alexisonfire and Black Lungs) was born.
1983 – RED SOX Carl Yastrezemski’s last at bat
1984 – Richard Miller, becomes 1st (former) FBI agent, charged with espionage
1985 – Rock Hudson, actor (MacMillian & Wife), dies of AIDS at 59
1990 – Radio Berlin International’s final transmission (links to Deutsche Welles of West Germany); final song is “The End” by Doors
1993 – Henry Ringling North, circus owner (Ringling Bros Circus), dies at 83
1996 – The Electronic Freedom of Information Act Amendments are signed by U.S. President Bill Clinton.
1996 – Aeroperú Flight 603, a Boeing 757, crashes into the Pacific Ocean shortly after takeoff from Lima, Peru, killing 70.
2001 – NATO backs US military strikes, following 9/11.
2002 – The Beltway sniper attacks begin, extending over three weeks.
2005 – Nipsey Russell, American comedian (b. 1918)Dies
2005 – The Ethan Allen tour boat capsizes on Lake George in Upstate New York, killing twenty people.
2005 – NFL plays first regular season game outside United States when the Arizona Cardinals defeat the San Francisco 49ers 31-14 in Mexico City, Mexico
2006 – Five school girls are murdered by Charles Carl Roberts in a shooting at an Amish school in Nickel Mines, Pennsylvania before Roberts commits suicide. (allegedly)
2009 – Rio de Janeiro is elected the host city of the 2016 Summer Olympics and Paralympics.
2009 – The economic crisis in Ireland is considered to be the driving force behind the largest migration of Irish people to London in 20 years, it is reported today