E09011807 Aaron Burr is aquitted of charges of plotting to set up an empire.
E09011864 General Sherman starts his march through Georgia.
E09011878 the first female telephone operator starts work-Emma Nutt in Boston.
E09011914 the last Passenger Pigeon dies in captivity at the Cincinnati Zoo.
E09011923 300,000 people die in an earthquake in Tokyo and Yokohama, Japan.
E09011939 Nazi Germany and the USSR invade Poland, starting World War II.
E09011963 ABC-TV broadcasts the last episode of "The Untouchables".
E09011969 a coup in Lybia brings Colonel Moammar Gadhafi to power.
E09011985 Bob Ballard & crew find the wreckage of the `Titanic'.
E09021666 the Great Fire of London, England, begins.
E09021789 the US Treasury Department is established by Congress.
E09021864 Gen. William T. Sherman's forces occupy Atlanta, GA.
E09021945 the Japanese formally surrender on the battleship "Missouri", ending WWII.
E09021945 Ho Chi Minh declares Vietnam to be an independent republic.
E09021966 ABC-TV broadcasts the last episode of "The Addams Family".
E09021969 NBC-TV broadcasts the last episode of "Star Trek".
E09031189 Richard the Lion-Hearted is crowned King of England.
E09031783 the Treaty of Paris, ending the Revolutionary War, is signed.
E09031939 England and France declare war on Germany in WWII.
E09031943 the Allies invade Italy in WWII.
E09031951 "Search for Tomorrow" premieres on CBS-TV.
E09031976 Viking 2 lands on Mars and takes the first close-up color photos.
E09031977 CBS-TV broadcasts the last episode of "The Mary Tyler Moore Show".
E09041781 Spanish settlers found Los Angeles. (LA's original name: "El Pueblo de Nuestra Senora La Reina de Los Angeles de Porciuncula".)
E09041833 the first newsboy in the US is hired (Barney Flaherty), by the New York Sun.
E09041886 Apache Indians led by Geronimo surrender to General Nelson Miles at Skeleton Canyon in Arizona.
E09041888 George Eastman patents the roll-film camera & registers "Kodak" as a trademark.
E09041917 the first American casualties are inflicted in WWI.
E09041957 Ford Motor Co. begins selling the Edsel.
E09041957 "Leave It To Beaver" premieres on CBS-TV.
E09041966 CBS-TV broadcasts the last episode of "Perry Mason".
E09041967 CBS-TV broadcasts the last episode of "Gilligan's Island".
E09041972 Mark Spitz sets an Olympic record, winning his seventh gold medal, (individual and team), in Munich, West Germany.
E09051666 the Great Fire of London is extinguished.
E09051698 Russia's Peter the Great imposes a tax on beards.
E09051774 the first Continental Congress is held in Philadelphia.
E09051781 the Battle of Virginia Capes, where the French Fleet defeats the British rescue fleet, trapping Cornwallis at Yorktown.
E09051836 Sam Houston is elected president of the Republic of Texas.
E09051885 the first gasoline pump is delivered to a gasoline dealer.
E09051957 "On the Road" by Jack Kerouac is first published.
E09051958 "Doctor Zhivago" by Boris Pasternak is first published in the US.
E09051965 CBS-TV broadcasts the last episode of "The Twilight Zone".
E09051972 eight Palestinian terrorists kill two members of the Israeli Olympic team and take nine others hostage. The hostages, five terrorists and a policeman are killed at Munich's airport.
E09061620 the Mayflower sets sail from Plymouth, England with 102 Pilgrims for the New World.
E09061716 the first lighthouse in the US is built, in Boston.
E09061869 the first westbound train arrives in San Francisco.
E09061901 President William McKinley is shot by anarchist Leon Czolgosz.
E09061965 NBC-TV broadcasts the last episode of "Alfred Hitchcock Presents".
E09061966 "Star Trek" premieres on NBC-TV.
E09061991 the Baltic states of Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia are granted independence by the Soviet Union.
E09071571 the Christians defeat the Turks at the Battle of Lepanto.
E09071892 James Corbett wins the heavyweight crown from John L. Sullivan in the first title fought with gloves under the Marquis of Queensberry rules.
E09071901 the Boxer Rebellion ends in China.
E09071966 CBS-TV broadcasts the last episode of "The Dick Van Dyke Show".
E09071970 CBS-TV broadcasts the last episode of "The Wild, Wild West".
E09071979 the Entertainment and Sports Programming Network (ESPN) goes on the air.
E09081504 Michelangelo's `David' is unveiled.
E09081565 the first permanent settlement in the US is founded at St. Augustine, FL.
E09081664 the Dutch surrender New Amsterdam to the British, who rename it New York.
E09081892 the "Pledge of Allegiance" is first published in "Youth's Companion" magazine.
E09081920 the Postal Service begins Air Mail service.
E09081965 CBS-TV broadcasts the last episode of "Mr. Ed".
E09081966 "Star Trek" premieres on NBC-TV.
E09081971 the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts opens in Washington, DC.
E09081973 CBS-TV broadcasts the last episode of "Mission: Impossible".
E09081974 President Gerald Ford pardons Richard M. Nixon for Nixon's role in Watergate.
E09091776 the Continental Congress authorizes the name "United States".
E09091850 California becomes the 31st state.
E09091926 the National Broadcasting Company (NBC) is created by RCA.
E09091948 North Korea is created.
E09091971 inmates take over the Attica Correctional Facility in Attica, NY.
E09091982 the "Conestoga I", the first privately financed rocket, is launched.
E09091982 ABC-TV broadcasts the last episode of "Barney Miller".
E09091985 American Benjamin Weir is released after 16 months of captivity in Lebanon.
E09091986 American Frank Reed is taken hostage in Lebanon.
E09091987 Nolan Ryan strikes out number 4,500, Mike Aldrete of San Francisco.
E09101608 John Smith is elected president of the Jamestown colony council.
E09101813 Oliver H. Perry and the Americans defeats the British Fleet at the Battle of Lake Erie. ("We have met the enemy, and they are ours").
E09101846 Elias Howe patents his sewing machine.
E09101913 the Lincoln Highway opens as the first paved coast-to-coast highway.
E09101953 Swanson sells it's first "TV Dinner".
E09101955 "Gunsmoke" premieres on CBS-TV.
E09111609 Henry Hudson discovers Manhattan island.
E09111777 the British defeat Washington at the Battle of Brandywine, PA.
E09111910 the first commercially successful electric bus line opens in Hollywood, CA.
E09111928 Ty Cobb plays in his last major league baseball game.
E09111936 President Roosevelt dedicates Boulder Dam (now Hoover Dam).
E09111959 CBS-TV broadcasts the last episode of "The Phil Silvers Show".
E09111966 Nolan Ryan strikes out batter number 1, Pat Jarvis of Atlanta.
E09111968 CBS-TV broadcasts the last episode of "Lost In Space".
E09111969 CBS-TV broadcasts the last episode of "The Prisoner".
E09111970 CBS-TV broadcasts the last episode of "Get Smart".
E09111974 "Little House on the Prairie" premieres on NBC-TV.
E09111985 Pete Rose becomes baseball's all-time hits leader with his 4,192 hit, breaking the record of Ty Cobb.
E09121609 Henry Hudson sails the Hudson River.
E09121953 Khrushchev becomes First Secretary of the Communist Party.
E09121963 ABC-TV broadcasts the last episode of "Leave It To Beaver".
E09121966 "The Monkees" premieres on NBC-TV.
E09121966 "Family Affair" premieres on CBS-TV.
E09121974 Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethiopia is deposed in a coup.
E09121978 "Taxi" premieres on ABC-TV.
E09121986 American Joseph Cicippio is taken hostage in Lebanon.
E09130490 B.C. - the Athenians defeat the Persians at Marathon.
E09131788 New York City is declared the temporary capitol of the United States.
E09131922 the highest shade temperature on the Earth's surface is recorded in El Azizia, Lybia, - 136.4 degrees.
E09131943 Chiang Kai-shek becomes president of China.
E09131974 "The Rockford Files" premieres on NBC-TV.
E09141716 the first lighthouse in the US is lit in Boston Harbor.
E09141812 Napoleon and the French enter Moscow.
E09141814 Francis Scott Key writes `The Star-Spangled Banner'.
E09141867 Karl Marx's "Das Kapital" is first published.
E09141886 the typewriter ribbon is patented.
E09141940 Congress passes the first peace-time draft law.
E09141972 "The Waltons" premieres on CBS-TV.
E09151588 the English navy routs the Spanish Armada.
E09151776 British forces occupy New York City during the Revolutionary War.
E09151935 the Nuremberg Laws deprive German Jews of their citizenship and make the swastika the official symbol of Nazi Germany.
E09151949 "The Lone Ranger" premieres on ABC-TV.
E09151950 US forces land at Inchon, Korea.
E09151965 "Lost In Space" premieres on CBS-TV.
E09151969 ABC-TV broadcasts the last episode of "The Avengers".
E09151977 "CHiPS" premieres on NBC-TV.
E09161630 the Massachusetts village of Shawmut changes its name to Boston.
E09161782 the Great Seal of the United States is used for first time.
E09161810 Mexico begins its revolt against Spanish rule.
E09161857 a patent is issued for the typesetting machine.
E09161893 the Oklahoma land rush begins.
E09161908 General Motors is incorporated.
E09161919 the American Legion is incorporated.
E09161962 the last "Rocky and Bullwinkle" show is aired.
E09161963 "The Outer Limits" premieres on ABC-TV.
E09161968 CBS-TV broadcasts the last episode of "The Andy Griffith Show".
E09161972 "The Bob Newhart Show" premieres on CBS-TV.
E09161984 "Miami Vice" premieres on NBC-TV.
E09170335 the Holy Sepulchre is consecrated in Jerusalem.
E09171787 the US Constitution is adopted.
E09171862 the Union defeats the Confederacy at the Battle of Antietam.
E09171911 the first transcontinental airplane flight, New York to Pasadena, CA., in 82 hours and 4 minutes.
E09171920 the American Professional Football Association, precursor of the NFL, is formed in Canton, Ohio.
E09171952 Constitution Day becomes Citizenship Day.
E09171964 "Bewitched" premieres on ABC-TV.
E09171965 "The Wild, Wild West" premieres on CBS-TV.
E09171966 "Mission: Impossible" premieres on CBS-TV.
E09171972 "M*A*S*H" premieres on CBS-TV.
E09171975 Pink Floyd earns a gold record for the "Wish You Were Here" album.
E09181793 President George Washington lays the cornerstone of the Capitol building in the District of Columbia.
E09181851 "The New York Times" goes on sale, at 2 cents a copy.
E09181927 the Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS) goes on the air.
E09181963 CBS-TV broadcasts the last episode of "Dobie Gillis".
E09181964 "The Addams Family" premieres on ABC-TV.
E09181965 "Get Smart" premieres on NBC-TV.
E09191777 the British are defeated in the first Battle of Saratoga.
E09191796 Washington delivers his presidential farewell address.
E09191849 the first commercial laundry is established in Oakland, CA.
E09191873 Black Friday: Jay Cooke & Co. fails, causing a securities panic.
E09191928 "Steamboat Willie", starring Mickey Mouse, the first animated cartoon with sound, premieres in New York.
E09191957 the US conducts its first underground nuclear test, in Nevada.
E09191961 in the most (in)famous UFO abduction story, Betty and Barney Hill claim to be kidnapped by space aliens in New Hampshire.
E09191970 "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" premieres on CBS-TV.
E09201519 Ferdinand Magellan starts the first successful circumnavigation of the world.
E09201797 the US frigate "Constitution" (Old Ironsides) is launched in Boston.
E09201859 a patent is granted on the electric range.
E09201863 the Civil War Battle of Chickamauga, near Chattanooga, TN., ends.
E09201884 the Equal Rights Party's first convention in San Francisco, nominates female candidates for President and Vice President.
E09201947 Fiorello La Guardia, politician, dies.
E09201955 "The Phil Silvers Show" premieres on CBS-TV.
E09201984 "The Cosby Show" premieres on NBC-TV.
E09201984 "Who's The Boss?" premieres on ABC-TV.
E09211784 the first daily newspaper in the US begins publication in Pennsylvania.
E09211895 the first auto manufacturer opens -- the Duryea Motor Wagon Company.
E09211930 Johann Ostermeyer patents his invention, the flashbulb.
E09211937 "The Hobbit", by J.R.R. Tolkien, is first published.
E09211948 Milton Berle becomes the permanent host of "The Texaco Star Theater".
E09211954 the nuclear submarine "Nautilus" is commissioned.
E09211957 "Perry Mason" premieres on CBS-TV.
E09211961 NBC-TV broadcasts the last episode of "You Bet Your Life".
E09211970 "NFL Monday Night Football" premieres on ABC-TV.
E09211981 Sandra Day O'Conner becomes the first female Supreme Court Justice.
E09211983 CBS-TV broadcasts the last episode of "All in the Family" (called "Archie Bunker's Place").
E09221692 the last execution for witchcraft occurs in Salem, MA.
E09221776 Nathan Hale is executed as a spy by the British.
E09221789 the US Post Office is established.
E09221792 the French Republic is proclaimed.
E09221862 President Lincoln makes his Emancipation Proclamation speech.
E09221893 the first auto built in the US runs in Springfield (built by the Duryea brothers).
E09221903 a patent is granted for the ice cream cone.
E09221927 the famous "long count" fight where Jack Dempsey fails to regain his heavyweight crown from Gene Tunney in Chicago.
E09221949 the Soviet Union explodes its first atomic bomb.
E09221956 CBS-TV broadcasts the last episode of "The Honeymooners".
E09221957 "Maverick" premieres on ABC-TV.
E09221958 CBS-TV broadcasts the last episode of "The Burns and Allen Show".
E09221964 "Fiddler on the Roof" premieres on Broadway for the first of 3,242 performances.
E09231642 Harvard College graduates its first class.
E09231780 John Andre reveals Benedict Arnold's plot to betray West Point.
E09231779 the naval engagement between the `Bonhomme Richard' and `HMS Serapis' during the Revolutionary War, in which John Paul Jones reportedly says, "I have not yet begun to fight!"
E09231912 the first Mack Sennett "Keystone Comedy" film is released.
E09231926 Gene Tunney scores a 10-round decision over Jack Dempsey to win the heavyweight boxing title in Philadelphia.
E09231938 a time capsule to be opened in the year 6939 is buried at the New York World's Fair.
E09231952 Richard Nixon delivers his "Checkers" speech.
E09231952 the first closed circuit pay-TV telecast of a sports event.
E09241789 Congress creates the Post Office.
E09241845 the first professional baseball team is organized.
E09241852 the dirigible is first demonstrated.
E09241853 the first round-the-world trip by yacht (Cornelius Vanderbilt).
E09241869 Black Friday: crashing gold prices causes a stock market panic.
E09241895 the first round-the-world trip by a woman on a bicycle (it took 15 months).
E09241934 Babe Ruth plays in his last major league baseball game.
E09241960 the first atomic powered aircraft carrier, the "Enterprise", is launched.
E09241964 "The Man from U.N.C.L.E." premieres on NBC-TV.
E09241968 "60 Minutes" premieres on CBS-TV.
E09241968 "The Mod Squad" premieres on ABC-TV.
E09241970 "The Odd Couple" premieres on ABC-TV.
E09251493 Columbus sails on his second voyage to America.
E09251513 Vasco Nunez de Balboa discovers the Pacific Ocean.
E09251775 Ethan Allen is captured by the British in Montreal.
E09251789 Congress proposes the Bill of Rights to state governments.
E09251804 the 12th Amendment is ratified, establishing the Electoral College.
E09251890 both Sequoia and Yosemite National Park's are formed.
E09251956 the first trans-Atlantic telephone cable goes into operation.
E09251960 "The Twist" by Chubby Checker hits #1 for the first time.
E09251965 Leroy (Satchel) Paige pitches in his last major league baseball game for the Kansas City A's at age 59, the oldest player in baseball history.
E09251970 "The Partridge Family" premieres on ABC-TV.
E09261896 John Philip Sousa leads the first performance of his band in Plainfield, NJ.
E09261950 UN troops recapture Seoul, Korea, from the North Koreans.
E09261955 the last Euler's Flycatcher dies in Jamaica.
E09261957 "West Side Story" premieres on Broadway.
E09261964 "Gilligan's Island" premieres on CBS-TV.
E09261966 Japan launches its first satellite into space.
E09261980 the Cuban government closes the port at Mariel Harbor after 125,000 refugees had left for the US since the previous April.
E09261981 Nolan Ryan strikes out 11 pitching his fifth no-hitter, beating the Dodgers 5-0.
E09261983 Australia II wins the America's Cup yacht race (the first time an American boat has lost in over 100 years.)
E09271540 the Society of Jesus (Jesuits) is founded by Ignatius Loyola.
E09271781 the Constitution is submitted to the states for ratification.
E09271825 the first locomotive to haul a passenger train runs in England.
E09271919 the Democratic National Committee votes to admit women.
E09271928 the US recognizes the Nationalist Chinese government.
E09271938 the ocean liner "Queen Elizabeth" is launched in Glasgow, Scotland.
E09271941 the first WWII liberty ship, the freighter "Patrick Henry", is launched.
E09271954 "The Tonight Show", hosted by Steve Allen, premieres on NBC-TV.
E09271964 the Warren Report on JFK's assassination is published.
E09271973 Nolan Ryan strikes out his 383rd batter for the season, breaking Sandy Koufax's major league baseball record.
E09271985 Hurricane Gloria hits the east coast of the US.
E09281066 William the Conqueror lands in England.
E09281542 Portuguese navigator Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo discovers present day San Diego.
E09281781 the Siege of Yorktown begins, the last battle of the Revolutionary War.
E09281850 flogging is abolished as a form of punishment in the US Navy.
E09281920 eight members of the Chicago White Sox are indicted for allegedly throwing the 1919 World Series ("Say it ain't so, Joe!").
E09281924 two US Army planes complete the first around-the-world flight, which took 175 days.
E09281961 "Dr. Kildare" premieres on NBC-TV.
E09281974 Nolan Ryan strikes out 15, pitching his third no-hitter, beating Minnesota 4-0.
E09281976 Led Zeppelin releases "The Song Remains the Same".
E09291892 the first night football game is played in Mansfield, PA.
E09291957 the New York Giants play their last game at the Polo Grounds.
E09291959 "The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis" premieres on CBS-TV.
E09291959 "Rocky and Bullwinkle" premieres on ABC-TV.
E09291963 Stan Musial plays in his last baseball game for the St Louis Cardinals.
E09291982 cyanide laced Tylenol capsules kill seven people in Chicago.
E09291985 "MacGyver" premieres on ABC-TV.
E09291986 "Designing Women" premieres on CBS-TV.
E09301791 "The Magic Flute" by Mozart premieres in Vienna.
E09301846 Dr. William Morris first uses ether as an anesthitic (in a tooth extraction).
E09301928 Alexander Fleming first discovers penicillum.
E09301935 "Porgy and Bess" premieres in Boston.
E09301982 "Cheers" premieres on NBC-TV.
E09301984 "Murder, She Wrote" premieres on CBS-TV.
E09281991 Guns N' Roses' albums "Use Your Illusion II & I" debut at #1&2, the first time two albums by one group debut at the top of the charts.
E09301991 Nolan Ryan strikes out batter number 5,500, Tino Martinez of Seattle.
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D09011666 Great London Fire begins in Pudding Lane. 80 percent of London is destroyed, including last vestiges of bubonic plague.
D09011715 Louis XIV, the "Sun King", dies at age 76.
D09011923 Earthquake centered under Sagami Bay, Japan shifts entire area to S.W. w/horizontal displacement of 15 feet.
D09011957 Excursion train crashed into a ravine killing 175, injuring 400.
D09011973 74-year-old Hafnia Hotel burns, killing 35. (Copenhagen, Denmark)
D09011983 269 people are killed when the USSR shoots down KAL-007.
D09021806 One side of Rossberg Peak collapsed into Goldau Valley, Switzerland destroying 4 villages and killing 500 people.
D09021935 Hurricane destroys Florida East Coast RR causeway to Florida Keys.
D09021949 Fire in the riverfront area kills 1,700. (Chungking, China)
D09021956 Collapse of a RR bridge under a train killed 120. (India)
D09031925 Dirigible 'Shenandoah' crashed near Caldwell, Ohio. 13 die
D09041967 Earthquake of 6.5 shatters Kolya Dam, India. 2 billion cubic meters of water sweep into valley below killing 200.
D09041971 Alaskan Airlines 727 crashed into 2,500 foot level of Chilkoot Mountains in Tongass National Forest, killing 109. (Alaska)
D09041990 Irene Dunne, actress, dies at age 85.
D09041991 Charlie Barnet, band leader, dies at age 77.
D09041991 Thomas Tryon, actor/author, dies at age 65.
D09041991 Dottie West, singer, dies at age 58.
D09051877 Crazy Horse, Indian leader, dies.
D09051949 Howard Unruh kills 13 people in Camden, NJ., telling police, "I'd have killed a thousand if I'd had enough bullets".
D09051972 Chemical spill combined with fog sickens hundreds in Meuse Valley, Belgium.
D09061869 Mine fire kills 179 at Avondale, Pennsylvania.
D09061943 'Congressional Limited' train derailed near Frankfort, Pa. killing 79 and injuring another 100.
D09061975 Quake of 6.8 magnitude along the Anatolian Fault kills over 2,000 in Lice, Turkey, reducing the city to rubble.
D09071860 Excursion steamer 'Lady Elgin' founders in Lake Michigan drowning 340 Democratic party supporters.
D09071934 Luxury liner 'Morro Castle' burns off New Jersey coast, 134 burn to death or drown.
D09071943 Fire in decrepit old Gulf Hotel kills 45 (Houston, Texas)
D09071978 Keith Moon, drummer, dies at age 31.
D09071991 Edwin McMillan, physicist, dies at age 83.
D09081888 Jack the Ripper kills victim #2, Anne Chapman, in London.
D09081900 Galveston, Texas destroyed by hurricane. Most deadly in U.S history
D09081935 Louisiana Governor Huey Long is shot and dies two days later.
D09081963 the Boston Strangler kills victim #11, Evelyn Corbin, age 58.
D09081965 Dorothy Dandridge, singer, is found dead at age 42.
D09081991 Brad Davis, actor, dies at age 41.
D09091841 Great Lakes steamer 'Erie' sinks off Silver Creek, New York, killing 300 German & Norwegian immigrants and crew.
D09091901 Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, artist, dies at age 36.
D09091963 Landslide into lake behind Vaiont Dam emptys the lake, creating 200 foot wave that kills 3-4,000. (Italy)
D09091969 Allegheny Airlines flight 853 collides with Piper Cherokee above Shelbyville, Indiana killing all 82 & student pilot.
D09101899 2nd quake in 7 days hits Yakutat Bay, Alaska causing largest vertic displacement in a single event. Shore of Disenchantment Bay raised 47 feet 4 inches by seismic action.
D09101910 Great Idaho Fire destroys 3 million acres of timber.
D09101935 Huey (Kingfish) Long, politician, dies.
D09101954 12 second shock kills 1,460 in Orleansville, Algeria.
D09111881 Triple landslides bury Elm, Switzerland under 10 million cubic yards of rock when slate quarries collapse.
D09111961 Hurricane Carla strikes the Texas coast, killing 34 people and causing $500 million in damages.
D09121857 423 die when 'Central America' sinks off Cape Romain, S.C.
D09121940 49 people killed, 200 injured when Hercules Powder Co. plant explodes in Kenvil, New Jersey.
D09121964 Typhoon Gloria strikes Taiwan killing 330, with $17.5 million damag
D09121965 Hurricane Betsy strikes Florida & Louisiana killing 75, but causing damage of $1.42 billion.
D09121977 Steve Biko, black South African leader, dies.
D09131971 31 prisoners and 11 hostages are killed when NY state troopers retake Attica prison.
D09131991 Joe Pasternak, film producer, dies at age 89.
D09141321 Dante Alighieri, poet/author, dies.
D09141852 the Duke of Wellington, British general, dies at age 83.
D09141899 while visiting New York, Henry Bliss becomes the first automobile fatality.
D09141901 William McKinley, the 25th President, dies at age 58.
D09141927 Isadora Duncan, dancer, dies.
D09141933 2 billion board feet of lumber destroyed in Tillamook, Oregon fire.
D09141954 Hurricane Edna (2nd of 1954) hits New York City. $50 million damage
D09151958 Commuter train crashed through open drawbridge, falling into Newark Bay, New Jersey, killing 48.
D09151961 Hurricane Carla strikes Texas with winds of 175 mph, causing $408 million damages.
D09151991 Smoky Burgess, baseball player, dies at age 64.
D09171928 Hurricane hits Lake Okeechobee, Florida drowning 1,800-2500.
D09171943 Load of 'ammunition in transit' explodes at Norfolk Naval Air Station, killing 24 and injuring 250.
D09171949 Excursion steamer 'Noronic' burns at the pier killing 128 of 700 passengers aboard. (Toronto, Canada)
D09171959 Typhoon kills 2,000 in Japan and Korea.
D09171963 Train struck makeshift bus full of migrant workers, killing 32.
D09171967 Mount Washington cog railway train derailed, running free, killing 8, injuring 75. (New Hampshire)
D09171991 Rob Tyner, singer, dies at age 46.
D09181919 Hurricane tides 16 feet above normal drown 280 along Gulf Coast from Florida to Texas. Another 480 lost at sea.
D09181926 Hurricane hitting Miami causes $150 million damage, kills 250 and leaves 40,000 homeless.
D09181970 Jimi Hendrix, musician, dies at age 27.
D09181974 Hurricane Fifi strikes Honduras with 110 mph winds. 5,000 die
D09191881 James A. Garfield, the 20th President, dies at age 49.
D09191890 Turkish frigate 'Ertogrul' burned off the coast of Japan with loss estimated at 540 lives.D09191985 more than 6,000 people are killed when an earthquake measuring 8.1 on the Richter scale hits Mexico City.
D09201967 Hurricane Beulah hits Texas-Mexican border producing worst flooding in Mexican history. Only 38 die.
D09210019 B.C. - Virgil, Roman poet, dies.
D09211776 5 days after British take New York, 1/4 of city burns down.
D09211921 Gas generator explodes at Bradishe Aniline chemical works in Oppau, Germany leveling 1/3 of the town, killing over 1,000.
D09211934 Typhoon strikes Honshu Island, Japan, killing 4,000.
D09211938 1st hurricane in modern times strikes New England with recorded winds of 183 mph. 700 killed, 2,000 injured, $330 million damage.
D09211989 21 students are killed when a bus and a soft-drink truck collide in Alton, TX.
D09211989 Hurricane Hugo, with winds of 135 mph, hits Charleston, SC.
D09221913 Coal mine explosion kills 263 at Dawson, New Mexico.
D09221937 Forest fire kills 14, injures 50 in Cody, Wyoming.
D09241952 Underwater volcano explodes under research vessel Kaiyo-maru-5, sinking ship & killing the 22 crewmembers & 7 scientists. (Japan)
D09241972 Antique F86 Sabrejet fails to takeoff at air show, slams into ice cream parlor, killing 22, injuring 25.
D09241980 John (Bonzo) Bonham, drummer, dies at age 32.
D09241991 Theodor (Dr.) Seuss Geisel, author, dies at age 87.
D09261925 Italian sub 'Sebastiano Veniero' lost off Sicily with 54 dead.
D09261954 Typhoon strikes Kakodate Bay, Japan killing over 1,600.
D09251982 George Banks kills 12 people in Wilkes-Barre and Jenkins Township, PA.
D09251991 Klaus Barbie, the "Butcher of Lyon", dies at age 77.
D09271290 Earthquake in Gulf of Chili, China reportedly kills 100,000.
D09271953 Typhoon destroys 1/3 of Nagoya, Japan making 1 million hopeless.
D09271956 Babe Didrikson Zaharias, athlete, dies at age 45.
D09271959 Typhoon Vera, worst in modern Japanese history, kills 4,464 on Honshu Island, injures 40,000 and cuts Japanese RR in 827 places.
D09271991 Harold Taft, TV personality, dies at age 69.
D09281912 'Kiche Maru' sinks off Japan killing approx. 1,000.
D09281964 Harpo Marx, comedian/actor, dies at age 75.
D09281965 Lava flows kill at least 350. (Taal, Phillipines)
D09291853 Emigrant ship 'Annie Jane' sank off Scotland, drowning 348.
D09291915 2nd major hurricane of summer kills 500 in Mississippi Delta. 99 of 100 buildings in Leeville, Mississippi destroyed.
D09291927 Tornado strikes St. Louis, Missouri w/property damage of $25-40 million damage.
D09291941 Nazi soldiers kills thousands of Ukranian Jews at Babi Yar in the Soviet Union.
D09291957 300 died, many burned alive, when express train hit a stalled oil train near Montgomery, West Pakistan.
D09291988 Charles Addams, cortoonist, dies at age 76.
D09281991 Miles Davis, musician, dies at age 65.
D09301888 Jack the Ripper kills victims #3 & #4, Elizabeth Stride and Katherine Eddowes, within one hour, in London.
