1991 | Theodore Geisel, better known as children's author Dr. Seuss, dies of cancer in La Jolla, California, at age 87. |
1998 | The US Treasury begins circulating the newly-redesigned $20 bill. |
1976 | Newspaper heiress Patty Hearst is sentenced to seven years in prison for a 1974 bank robbery. |
1968 |  The Beatles continue recording of the rhythm track for Happiness Is A Warm Gun, a song that will ultimately appear on the White Album , at Abbey Road Studios in London.
(photo credit: Capitol Records)
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1968 | Swaziland is admitted to the United Nations. |
1964 | The Munsters, starring Fred Gwynne, Yvonne DeCarlo, and Al Lewis, makes its TV premiere. |
1960 | The world's first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, the USS Enterprise , is launched. |
1948 | Mildred Gillars, aka Nazi radio propagandist Axis Sally, pleads innocent to charges of treason. |
1929 | Jimmy Doolittle pilots a biplane over Mitchel Field in New York to make the first all-instrument flight. |
1869 | The Black Friday Wall Street panic occurs when financiers Jay Gould and James Fisk attempt to corner the gold market. |
1789 | Congress passes the First Judiciary Act, which establishes the US Supreme Court and the position of Attorney General. |
1780 | Benedict Arnold escapes to the British after his attempt to betray West Point. |
1621 | England's first newspaper is printed. |