1683-13 German families arrive in present day Philadelphia
1781-Americans & French begin siege of Cornwallis at Yorktown, Virginia, the last battle of the American Revolutionary War
1857-American Chess Association (ACA) organized, the 1st major US chess tournament (NYC)
1923-USSR adopts experimental calendar
1926-Babe Ruth hits 3 HRs in a World Series game, Yanks beat Cards 10-5 (World Series #23)
1927-"The Jazz Singer," 1st movie with a sound track, premieres (NYC)
1928-Chiang Kai-shek becomes leader of China
1939-Hitler announces he has no intention of war with Britain & France
1940-San Francisco Zoo opens near Sloat & Skyline intersection
1949-Iva Toguri D'Aquino sentenced to 10 years & $10,000 fine for treason
1949-President Truman signs Mutual Defense Assistance Act (for NATO)
1959-Single game World Series (World Series #56) attendance record set (92,706 in LA)
1959 Soviet Luna 3, 1st successful photographic spacecraft, impacts the moon
1963-Barbra Streisand appears on "The Judy Garland Show"
1963-LA Dodgers sweep NY Yankees, in 60th World Series
1965-Supremes release "I Hear a Symphony"
1972 22-car train carrying 2,000 pilgrims derails, kills 208 in Mexico
1973-Yom Kippur War begins as Syria & Egypt attack Israel
1976-John Hathaway completes a bicycle tour of every continent in the world, cycling 50,600 miles
1976-President Ford says there is "no Soviet domination in Eastern Europe"
1979-Pope John Paul II is 1st Pope to visit the White House
1990-U.S. 67th manned space mission STS 41 (Discovery 11) launches into orbit
1991-Elizabeth Taylor weds for the 8th time (to Larry Fortensky)
1991-N.Y. Met David Cone ties NL record by striking out 19 Phillies