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1777 Battle of Freeman's Farm (Bemis
Heights) or first Battle of Saratoga
1796 George Washington's farewell address as president
1819 John Keats composes "To Autumn"
1848 Bond (US) & Lassell (England) independently
discover Hyperion, moon of Saturn
1876 Melville Bissell patented a carpet-sweeper
1893 New Zealand became the first country to grant
women the right to vote
1906 Mark Twain addresses the Associated Press
1928 The second talkie (the opposite of a silent
movie) for Al Jolson was released
1934 Bruno Hauptmann arrested for kidnapping the
Linbergh baby
1935 It was just an average day, when "Just
Plain Bill" was first heard on CBS radio
1936"Indian Love Call",
was recorded by Nelson Eddy and Jeanette MacDonald, on Victor Records
1945 Lord Haw Haw (William Joyce) sentenced to
death in London
1953 Gisele MacKenzie took over as host on NBC-TV’s
"Your Hit Parade"
1953 "No Other Love" by Perry Como topped
the charts
1955"Producer’s Showcase" present "Our
Town" on NBC-TV
1957 First underground nuclear explosion (Las
Vegas Nevada)
1959 Nikita Krushchev is denied access to Disneyland
1959 "The Three Bells" by The Browns
topped the charts
1960 "The Twist" by Chubby Checker topped
the charts
1963 The Crystals’ "Then He Kissed Me"
debuted on U.K. charts this day
1964 "The House of the Rising Sun" by
the Animals topped the charts
1968 McLain wins his 31st - Mantle hits #535
1970 "Mary Tyler Moore" show premiers
1970 "Ain't No Mountain High Enough"
by Diana Ross topped the charts
1974 Eric Clapton received a gold record for "I
Shot the Sheriff"
1981 Simon & Garfunkel reunite for a NYC Central
Park concert
1981 "Endless Love" by Diana Ross &
Lionel Richie topped the charts
1982 New Orleans Saints first road shutout victory
beating Chic Bears 10-0
1982 Carnegie Mellon Freshman Scott Fahlman introduces the email smiley
1987 "I Just Can't Stop Loving You"
by Michael Jackson & Siedah Garrett topped the charts
2011 Yankees' Mariano Rivera sets saves record
