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In 1920, Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis was appointed the first Commissioner of Baseball.
In 1927, Josef Stalin became the undisputed ruler of the Soviet Union.
In 1927, the Holland Tunnel opened. The world's first underwater vehicular tunnel connected New York and New Jersey.
In 1931, Maple Leaf Gardens opened in Toronto, Canada.
In 1936, the Oakland Bay Bridge opened.
In 1942, the World War Two naval battle of Guadalcanal began. The Americans went on to win a major victory over the Japanese forces.
In 1954, Ellis Island closed after processing more than 20-Million immigrants since it opened in New York Harbor in 1892.
In 1971, President Nixon announced the withdrawal of 45-thousand U.S. troops from Vietnam.
In 1980, Bruce Springsteen and the E. Street Band topped the pop album chart for the first time with "The River."
In 1984, Madonna released her breakthrough album "Like A Virgin."
In 1994, Olympic Hall-of-Famer Wilma Rudolph died at the age of 54. She won three sprinting gold medals at the 1960 Olympic Games.
In 1995, Miami Dolphins quarterback Dan Marino broke Fran Tarkenton's NFL record for career passing yardage.
In 1996, Jonathan Schmitz was convicted of second-degree murder in the shooting death of Scott Amedure. The admittedly gay Amedure was killed several days after announcing on "The Jenny Jones Show," that he had a crush on Schmitz.
In 1997, jury selection began in the trial of accused Unabomber Theodore Kaczynski.
In 1998, Chicago Mayor Richard Daley filed a 433-Million-dollar lawsuit against the firearms industry. Daley accused the industry of deliberately marketing weapons to criminals.
In 2001, an American Airlines Airbus en route from New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport to the Dominican Republic crashed shortly after takeoff killing 265 people.
In 2001, actress Carrie Donovan, best known as the spectacled fashion editor in the Old Navy commercials, died on this date at the age of 73.
In 2003, a Manhattan Supreme Court judge announced that neither Rosie O'Donnell or the publishers of her failed magazine "Rosie" would be awarded any damages in a breach-of-contract lawsuit. The judge said the 100-million-dollar suit brought by publishers Gruner and Jahr USA was ill-conceived because there was never any certainty that "Rosie" would be a money-maker. O'Donnell's 125-million-dollar countersuit was also dismissed.
In 2004, in one of the most closely-watched trials of the year, a California jury found philandering husband Scott Peterson guilty of double murder in the deaths of his pregnant wife Laci Peterson and their unborn child.
In 2004, amid chaotic scenes of grief and gunfire, Yasser Arafat was buried at his compound in the West Bank city of Ramallah.
In 1927, Josef Stalin became the undisputed ruler of the Soviet Union.
In 1927, the Holland Tunnel opened. The world's first underwater vehicular tunnel connected New York and New Jersey.
In 1931, Maple Leaf Gardens opened in Toronto, Canada.
In 1936, the Oakland Bay Bridge opened.
In 1942, the World War Two naval battle of Guadalcanal began. The Americans went on to win a major victory over the Japanese forces.
In 1954, Ellis Island closed after processing more than 20-Million immigrants since it opened in New York Harbor in 1892.
In 1971, President Nixon announced the withdrawal of 45-thousand U.S. troops from Vietnam.
In 1980, Bruce Springsteen and the E. Street Band topped the pop album chart for the first time with "The River."
In 1984, Madonna released her breakthrough album "Like A Virgin."
In 1994, Olympic Hall-of-Famer Wilma Rudolph died at the age of 54. She won three sprinting gold medals at the 1960 Olympic Games.
In 1995, Miami Dolphins quarterback Dan Marino broke Fran Tarkenton's NFL record for career passing yardage.
In 1996, Jonathan Schmitz was convicted of second-degree murder in the shooting death of Scott Amedure. The admittedly gay Amedure was killed several days after announcing on "The Jenny Jones Show," that he had a crush on Schmitz.
In 1997, jury selection began in the trial of accused Unabomber Theodore Kaczynski.
In 1998, Chicago Mayor Richard Daley filed a 433-Million-dollar lawsuit against the firearms industry. Daley accused the industry of deliberately marketing weapons to criminals.
In 2001, an American Airlines Airbus en route from New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport to the Dominican Republic crashed shortly after takeoff killing 265 people.
In 2001, actress Carrie Donovan, best known as the spectacled fashion editor in the Old Navy commercials, died on this date at the age of 73.
In 2003, a Manhattan Supreme Court judge announced that neither Rosie O'Donnell or the publishers of her failed magazine "Rosie" would be awarded any damages in a breach-of-contract lawsuit. The judge said the 100-million-dollar suit brought by publishers Gruner and Jahr USA was ill-conceived because there was never any certainty that "Rosie" would be a money-maker. O'Donnell's 125-million-dollar countersuit was also dismissed.
In 2004, in one of the most closely-watched trials of the year, a California jury found philandering husband Scott Peterson guilty of double murder in the deaths of his pregnant wife Laci Peterson and their unborn child.
In 2004, amid chaotic scenes of grief and gunfire, Yasser Arafat was buried at his compound in the West Bank city of Ramallah.
