2009: The 7.6 Mw Sumatra earthquake shakes central Sumatra with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe). This dip-slip (reverse) earthquake left 1,115 people dead, and was followed several days later by a 6.6 Mw strike-slip event.
2005: The controversial drawings of Muhammad are printed in the Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten.
2004: The AIM-54 Phoenix, the primary missile for the F-14 Tomcat, is retired from service. Almost two years later, the Tomcat is retired.
1999: The Tokaimura nuclear accident causes the deaths of two technicians in Japan's second-worst nuclear accident.
1988: Al Holbert was fatally injured when his privately owned propeller driven Piper PA-60 aircraft crashed shortly after takeoff near Columbus, Ohio when a clamshell door was not closed.
1979: The Hong Kong MTR commences service with the opening of its Modified Initial System (aka. Kwun Tong Line).
1977: Because of US budget cuts and dwindling power reserves, the Apollo program's ALSEP experiment packages left on the Moon are shut down.
1975: The Hughes (later McDonnell Douglas, now Boeing) AH-64 Apache makes its first flight. Eight years later, the first production model rolled out of the assembly line.
1972: Roberto Clemente records the 3,000th and final hit of his career.
1966: The British protectorate of Bechuanaland declares its independence, and becomes the Republic of Botswana. Seretse Khama takes office as the first President.
1965: The 30 September Movement attempts a coup against the Indonesian government, which is crushed by the military under Suharto and leads to a mass anti-communist purge, with over 500,000 people killed.
1931: Start of "Die Voortrekkers" youth movement for Afrikaners in Bloemfontein, South Africa.
1927: Babe Ruth becomes the first baseball player to hit 60 home runs in a season.
1922: University of Alabama opened the football season with a 110-0 victory over the Marion Military Institute which still stands as the school record for largest margin of victory and as their only 100 point game.
1915: Radoje Ljutovac becomes the first soldier in history to shoot down an enemy aircraft with ground-to-air fire.
1909 Cunard Line’s RMS Mauretania (1906) makes a record breaking Westbound crossing that wins it the Blue Riband, which it would keep for 20 years.: null