| 2009 | Phillipine police arrest a new terror suspect one week after the head of the militant Rajah Solaiman Movement is captured |
| 2001 | WNBA Championships, Los Angeles Sparks beat Charlotte Sting 2 games to 0 |
| 1998 | WNBA Championships, Houston Comets beat Phoenix Mercury 2 games to 1 |
| 1997 | "Doll's House," closes at Belasco Theater |
| 1997 | Cartoon Channel premieres in Japan |
| 1997 | Cindy Figg-Currier wins LPGA State Farm Rail Classic |
| 1997 | Jerry Lewis' 32nd Muscular Dystrophy telethon raises $50,500,000 |
| 1996 | Baltimore Ravens (Cleveland Browns) 1st NFL game, beat Oakland Raiders, 17-14 |
| 1995 | Infinity Radio agrees to voluntarily pay $1.7 million to U.S. Treasury |
| 1995 | New York City reinstates the death penalty |
| 1995 | Rock and Roll Hall of Fame opens in Cleveland, Ohio |
| 1993 | "White Liars/Black Comedy" opens at Criterion New York City for 38 performances |
| 1993 | Goran Ivanisevic and Daniel Nestor play longest tie-break in U.S. Tennis |
| 1992 | New York City police commisioner Brown resigns |
| 1992 | Tommy Smothers undergoes arthroscopic surgery |
| 1991 | Hiromi Taniguchi wins 3rd world championship marathon (2:14:57) |
| 1991 | Richard J Kerr, serves as acting director of CIA |
| 1990 | "Heidi Chronicles" closes at Plymouth Theater New York City after 621 performances |
| 1990 | "Jerome Robbins' Broadway" closes at Imperial New York City after 634 performances |
| 1990 | Gelindo Bordin sets European marathon record (2:14:02) |
| 1990 | Highest combined CFL score (111), Toronto Argonauts beat BC 68-43 |
| 1989 | "Anything Goes" closes at Beaumont Theater New York City after 804 performances |
| 1989 | Princess Anne and Mark Phillips announce their separation |
| 1988 | Timberlake Westenbaker's "Our Country's Good," premieres in London |
| 1987 | 15 yr old Michael Chang is youngest man to win U.S. Tennis Open match |
| 1987 | Smoking forbidden in public buildings in Belgium |
| 1986 | Betsy King wins LPGA Rail Charity Golf Classic |
| 1986 | Jerry Lewis' 21st Muscular Dystrophy telethon raises $34,096,733 |
| 1986 | Paul McCartney releases "Press to Play" album |
| 1986 | Texas Rangers O McDowell and Porter are 7th to hit consecutive pinch home runs |
| 1985 | Cyclist Joop Zoetemelk becomes world champion |
| 1985 | U.S. - French expedition locates wreckage of Titanic off Newfoundland |
| 1983 | Korean Boeing 747 strays into Siberia and is shot down by a Soviet jet |
| 1983 | U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site |
| 1983 | WGH-AM in Newport News Virginia changes call letters to WNSY |
| 1982 | Caryl Churchill's "Top Girls," premieres in London |
| 1982 | Max speedometer reading mandated at 85 MPH |
| 1982 | Mexico President Lopez Portillo nationalizes banks |
| 1982 | Palestinian Liberation Organization leaves Lebanon |
| 1981 | Fiona Brothers sets women's propeller boat speed record (116.279 MPH) |
| 1981 | Military coup under general Kolingba in Central African Republic, President Dacko flees |
| 1981 | RKO radio network is 1st to offer 2 separate overnight services |
| 1981 | RKO radio network premieres America Overnight talk show |
| 1980 | Dutch embassy in Israel moves from Jerusalem to Tel Aviv |
| 1980 | Jerry Lewis' 15th Muscular Dystrophy telethon raises $31,103,787 |
| 1980 | Nancy Lopez wins LPGA Rail Charity Golf Classic |
| 1979 | Debbie Boone and Gabriel Ferrer wed in Los Angeles |
| 1979 | L.A. Court orders Clayton Moore to stop wearing Lone Ranger mask |
| 1979 | Pioneer 11 makes 1st fly-by of Saturn, discovers new moon, rings |
| 1978 | Last broadcast of "Columbo" on NBC TV |
| 1978 | Jacqueline Smith of Great Britain scores 10 straight dead center strikes on a 4" disk in World Parachute Championships in Yugoslavia |
| 1978 | #4655 Marjoriika, #4814 Casacci, #5344 Ryabov, #6262 Javid and #8064 |
| 1977 | 1st TRS-80 Model I computer sold |
| 1977 | U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya U.S.S.R. |
| 1976 | NASA launches space vehicle S-197 |
| 1976 | New Jersey Meadowlands racetrack opens |
| 1976 | Wayne Hays, Representative-D-Ohio 1949 - 1976, resigns after scandal with Elizabeth Ray |
| 1975 | All political parties forbidden in Bangladesh |
| 1975 | Gunsmoke resigns the air |
| 1975 | Jerry Lewis' 10th Muscular Dystrophy telethon |
| 1975 | KOL-AM in Seattle Washington changes call letters to KMPS |
| 1975 | New York Met Tom Seaver is 1st to strike out 200 in 8 consecutive seasons |
| 1975 | New York City transit fare rises from 35 cents to 50 cents |
| 1974 | Jane Blalock/Sue Roberts wins LPGA Southgate Ladies Golf Open |
| 1974 | Train accident at Zagreb Yugoslavia, 121 killed |
| 1973 | 74-year-old Hafnia Hotel burns, killing 35 (Copenhagen, Denmark) |
| 1973 | George Foreman KOs Jose "King" Roman in 1 for heavyweight boxing title |
| 1972 | Bobby Fischer (U.S.) defeats Boris Spassky (U.S.S.R.) for world chess title |
| 1972 | Egypt and Libya form federation |
| 1971 | John Newcombe is 1st top-seed man to lose in 1st round of U.S. Open |
| 1971 | Qatar declares independence from Britain |
| 1971 | Rolling Stones sue manager Allen Klein |
| 1970 | Failed assassination attempt on Jordanian king Hussain |
| 1970 | Jose Velasco Ibarra re-elected president of Ecuador |
| 1969 | Jerry Lewis' 4th Muscular Dystrophy telethon |
| 1969 | Libyan revolution, Col Moammar Gadhafi deposes King Idris |
| 1968 | Carol Mann wins LPGA Willow Park Ladies Golf Invitational |
| 1968 | Earthquake destroys Ferdows Persia, 2,000 killed |
| 1967 | KMNE TV channel 7 in Bassett, NB (PBS) begins broadcasting |
| 1967 | San Francisco Giants beat Cincinnati Reds, 1-0, in 21 innings |
| 1967 | WIRT TV channel 13 in Hibbing, MN (ABC) begins broadcasting |
| 1967 | WJRJ (WTCG, WTBS) TV channel 17 in Atlanta, Georgia (IND) begins |
| 1966 | KIFW (now KTNL) TV channel 13 in Sitka, AK (CBS) begins broadcasting |
| 1965 | India and Pakistan border fights |
| 1964 | Masanori Murakami is 1st Japanese player in majors (New York Mets) |
| 1963 | Language laws in Belgium goes into effect causing a riot |
| 1963 | St. Louis Cardinals pitcher Curt Simmons steals home plate |
| 1963 | WCTI TV channel 12 in New Bern, North Carolina (ABC) begins broadcasting |
| 1962 | 12,000 die in an earthquake in western Iran |
| 1962 | KATC TV channel 3 in Lafayette, LA (ABC) begins broadcasting |
| 1962 | U.N. announces Earth population has hit 3 billion |
| 1962 | U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya U.S.S.R. |
| 1961 | 1st conference of neutral countries held in Belgrade |
| 1961 | U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Semipalitinsk, Eastern Kazakhstan U.S.S.R. |
| 1960 | Mickey Wright wins LPGA Eastern Golf Open |
| 1960 | Robert Bolt's "Man For All Seasons," premieres in London |
| 1958 | Mickey Wright wins LPGA Opie Turner Golf Open |
| 1958 | St. Louis Card Vinegar Bend Mizell walks a record 9 men in a shutout |
| 1957 | Excursion train crashed into a ravine killing 175, injuring 400 |
| 1957 | WAVY TV channel 10 in Portsmouth-Norfolk, Virginia (NBC) begins broadcasting |
| 1957 | WHC (now WPXI) TV channel 11 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (NBC) 1st broadcast |
| 1957 | WTLV TV channel 12 in Jacksonville, Florida (ABC/NBC) begins broadcasting |
| 1956 | Indian state of Tripura becomes a territory |
| 1956 | KELP (now KCOS) TV channel 13 in El Paso, Texas (PBS) begins broadcasting |
| 1955 | 2 Egyptian fighters shot down over Israel |
| 1955 | KARD (now KSNW) TV channel 3 in Wichita, KS (NBC) begins broadcasting |
| 1954 | Hurricane Carol strikes Long Island/New England, kills 68 |
| 1954 | Ted Kluszewski is 1st Cincinnati Red to hit 40 home runs en route to 49 |
| 1953 | 101 degrees F highest temperature ever recorded in Cleveland in Sept |
| 1953 | Fokker begins building F-27 Fokker Friendship |
| 1953 | WNOK (now WLTX) TV channel 19 in Columbia, South Carolina (CBS) 1st broadcast |
| 1953 | WTCN (now KARE) TV channel 11 in Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN (MET) begins |
| 1952 | Sutro Baths, San Francisco purchased by George Whitney |
| 1952 | Willem Drees forms new Dutch government |
| 1951 | Prime Minister Ben-Gurion orders establishment of Israeli secret service Mossad |
| 1951 | U.S., Australia and New Zealand sign ANZUS treaty |
| 1950 | 13 North Korean divisions open assault on United Nations lines |
| 1950 | West Berlin granted a constitution |
| 1949 | 1st network detective series-Private Eyes-premieres |
| 1949 | KMTV TV channel 3 in Omaha, NB (CBS/NBC) begins broadcasting |
| 1949 | Viljo Heino runs world record 10k (29:27.2) |
| 1948 | Bradman scores 143 Australia vs. South of England, 17 fours 1 six |
| 1948 | Communist form North China People's Republic |
| 1948 | U.N.'s World Health Organization forms |
| 1947 | New York Giants 183-185 home run of year breaks Yankee mark of 182 in 1936 |
| 1946 | 1st U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship won by Patty Berg |
| 1946 | Greece votes for monarchy |
| 1945 | Japan surrenders ending WW II (U.S. date, 9/2 in Japan) |
| 1945 | Phillies Vince DiMaggio ties NL record with 4th grand slam of season |
| 1944 | Bulgaria government of Bagrjanow, resigns |
| 1944 | King George VI promotes Montgomery to field marshal |
| 1942 | Federal judge upholds detention of Japanese-Americans |
| 1942 | German troops land on Taman peninsula |
| 1941 | Jews living in Germany are required to wear a yellow Jewish star |
| 1940 | General George Marshall sworn in as chief of staff of U.S. army |
| 1939 | Hitler orders extermination of mentally ill |
| 1939 | Last day of 1st-class cricket in England for 6 years |
| 1939 | Physical Review publishes 1st paper to deal with "black holes" |
| 1939 | Switzerland proclaims neutrality |
| 1939 | WW II starts, Germany invades Poland, takes Danzig |
| 1938 | Mussolini cancels civil rights of Italian Jews |
| 1937 | 4th NFL Chicago All-Star Game: All-Stars 6, Green Bay 0 (84,560) |
| 1937 | Battle of Gijon in Spain begins |
| 1936 | Middleweight Staff Roth KOs Heinz Lazek |
| 1934 | Spelling-Marchand Laws enforced |
| 1933 | Soccer team DVS '33 forms |
| 1932 | New York City Mayor James J "Gentleman Jimmy" Walker resigns (graft charges) |
| 1931 | Gehrig hits his 3rd grand slam in 4 days and his 6th home run in consec games |
| 1930 | NY World reports disappearance of supreme court justice Joseph Crater |
| 1928 | Albania becomes a kingdom, with Zogu I as king |
| 1926 | British Columbia Rugby Football Union forms |
| 1926 | Turkey allows civil marriage |
| 1925 | Pierre de Coubertin steps down as chairman of International Olympic Committee |
| 1924 | Kenchoji Rinzai temple in Kamakur Japan, heavily damaged by earthquake |
| 1923 | 18th Davis Cup: USA beats Australia in New York (4-1) |
| 1923 | 7.9 earthquake strikes Tokyo and Yokohama, kills 142,000 |
| 1923 | U.S. beats Australia in tennis, for their 4th straight Davis Cup |
| 1922 | New York City law requires all "pool" rooms to change name to "billiards" |
| 1921 | Nederlander Theater opens at 208 W 41 St. New York City (Billy Rose, Trafalgar) |
| 1920 | France creates Lebanon |
| 1920 | New townhall of Rotterdam opens |
| 1919 | Frank Wedekind's "Herakles," premieres in Munich |
| 1918 | Baseball season ends due to WW I |
| 1918 | Ty Cobb pitches 2 innings against Browns |
| 1918 | U.S. troops land in Vladivostok, Siberia, stay until 1920 |
| 1916 | Bulgaria declares war on Romania |
| 1916 | Keating-Owen Act (child labor banned from interstate commerce) |
| 1914 | 34th U.S. Mens Tennis: R Norris W III beats M E McLoughlin (63 86 10-8) |
| 1914 | Lord Kitchener arrives in Paris |
| 1914 | St. Petersburg, Russia changes name to Petrograd |
| 1914 | Von Glucks army meets up with British expeditionary army |
| 1913 | George Bernard Shaws "Androcles and the Lion," premieres in London |
| 1913 | Yuan Shikai captures Nanjing "2nd Chinese revolution" |
| 1911 | M Fourny sets world aircraft distance record of 720 km |
| 1906 | Alberta adopts Mountain Standard Time |
| 1906 | British New Guinea becomes Australian Papua New Guinea |
| 1906 | Joseph Harris (Boston) and Jack Coombs (A's) pitch complete 24 inn game |
| 1906 | New York Highlanders win 6th game in 3 days from Washington (3 straight DHs) |
| 1906 | Papua placed under Australian administration |
| 1905 | Alberta and Saskatchewan become 8th and 9th Canadian provinces |
| 1902 | Tinker, Evers, and Chance appear together for 1st time |
| 1901 | Construction begins on New York Stock Exchange |
| 1898 | Dutch soccer team Receiver forms |
| 1898 | Lord Kitcheners army bombs Omdurman Sudan |
| 1890 | 1st baseball tripleheader-Boston vs Pittsburgh |
| 1888 | Dutch Railway Deventer-Almelo opens |
| 1887 | Dutch Amateur Photography Cooperation established |
| 1886 | Netherlands New Code of Criminal law enforced |
| 1878 | 1st female telephone operator starts work (Emma Nutt in Boston) |
| 1874 | 28th Postmaster General: Marshall Jewell of Connecticut takes office |
| 1874 | Sydney General Post Office opens in Australia |
| 1870 | Napoleon III captured at Sedan |
| 1867 | Robert T Freeman is 1st black to graduate from Harvard Dental School |
| 1866 | Last Navaho chief Manuelito, turns self in at Fort Wingate |
| 1864 | 2nd day of battle at Jonesboro Georgia, about 3,000 casualties |
| 1864 | Skirmish at Hood evacuated confederates from Atlanta GA |
| 1863 | 6th Ohio Cavalry ambush at Barbees Crossroads Virginia |
| 1863 | Federal troops reconquer Fort Smith Arkansas |
| 1863 | RR and ferry connection between San Francisco and Oakland inaugurated |
| 1862 | Battle at Chantilly (Ox Hill) Virginia (2100 casualties) |
| 1862 | Federal tax levied on tobacco |
| 1861 | Grant assumes command of Federal forces at Cape Girardeau MI |
| 1861 | Skirmish at Boone Court House WV and Blue Creek WV |
| 1859 | 1st Pullman sleeping car in service |
| 1859 | R C Carrington and R Hodgson make 1st observation of solar flare |
| 1858 | 1st transatlantic cable fails after less than 1 month |
| 1849 | California Constitutional Convention held in Monterey |
| 1836 | Reconstruction begins on Synagogue of Rabbi Judah Hasid in Jerusalem |
| 1831 | Charles Darwin travels aboard HMS Beagle |
| 1821 | 1st colonies along Santa Fe Trail |
| 1807 | Aaron Burr acquitted of charges of plotting to set up an empire |
| 1799 | Bank of Manhattan Company opens in New York City (forerunner to Chase Manhattan) |
| 1798 | England signs treaty with nizam of Hyderabad, India |
| 1797 | 2nd National Meeting in Hague |
| 1785 | Mozart publishes 6 string quartet opus 10 in Vienna |
| 1772 | Mission San Luis Obispo de Tolosa forms in California |
| 1752 | Liberty Bell arrives in Philadelphia |
| 1739 | 35 Jews sentenced to life in prison in Lisbon Portugal |
| 1730 | Benjamin Franklin marries Miss Read |
| 1695 | Dutch/English army under king Willem III occupies Names |
| 1689 | Russia began taxing men's beards |
| 1666 | Great London Fire begins in Pudding Lane. 80% of London is destroyed |
| 1661 | 1st Yacht race, England's King Charles vs his brother James |
| 1647 | French cardinal Mazarin and duke of Modena sign treaty against Milan |
| 1638 | French queen-mother Maria de' Medici visits Amsterdam |
| 1632 | Battle at Castelnaudary: Henri de Montmorency's rebellion army loses |
| 1614 | Vincent Fettmich expels Jews from Frankfurt-on-Main, Germany |
| 1609 | Pieter Both sworn in as 1st Governor-General of East Indies |
| 1598 | Spanish king Philip II receives sacraments |
| 1547 | Charles demands creation of Imperial League (German state) |
| 1535 | French navigator Jacques Cartier reaches Hochelaga (Montreal) |
| 1511 | Council to Pisa opens |
| 1482 | Krim-Tataren plunders Kiev |
| 1267 | Rabbi Moses Ben Nachman establishes a Jewish community in Jerusalem |
| 1181 | Ubaldo Allucingoli replaces Alexander III as Pope Lucius III |
| 1067 | Boudouin VI becomes earl of Flanders |
| 891 | Northmen defeated near Louvaine, France |
