In 1892, William ‘Pudge’ Heffelfinger became the first professional football player.

In 1970, Tropical Cyclone Bhola hit East Pakistan becoming the deadliest natural disaster in human history.

In 1859, Jules Léotard became the first flying trapeze artist.

In 1799, astronomer Andrew Ellicott became the first North American to write about a meteor shower.

In 2025, the Philadelphia mint pressed the final US pennies. It was the first time since 1857 that a coin had been discontinued.

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In 1918, the armistice was signed, officially ending World War I.

In 1920, Britain buried an unknown soldier at Westminster Abbey and France buried an unknown soldier at the Arc de Triomphe.

In 1921, an American unknown soldier was buried at Arlington National Cemetery.

In 1865, Mary Edwards Walker became the first woman to be granted the U.S. Medal of Honor for her work as a surgeon during the US Civil War.

In 1880, Australian outlaw Ned Kelly was executed.

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In 1975, the SS Edmund Fitzgerald sank in Lake Superior. All 29 men on board died.

In 1928, Notre Dame football coach Knute Rockne delivered his 'Win one for the Gipper' speech.

In 1957, golfer Charlie Sifford became the first black golfer to win a professional golf tournament.

In 1969, Sesame Street debuted on television.

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In 1967, the first issue of Rolling Stone was published.

In 1989, East German officials opened the Berlin Wall to allow East Germans to cross over to West Berlin.

In 1990, he US federal government seized all of country singer Willie Nelson's assets for failing to pay taxes.

In 1965, the Great Northeast Blackout plunged 8 states and portions of Ontario into darkness.

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In 1895, physicist Wilhelm Röntgen discovered X-rays.

In 1923, Adolf Hitler attempted to overthrow the Weimar Republic in what became known as the 'Beer Hall Putsch.'

In 1971,  Led Zeppelin released their fourth album commonly called Runes, Led Zeppelin IV, or simply 'the fourth one.'

In 1975, Daniel ‘Rudy’ Reutiger made his appearance for Notre Dame that would later be immortalized in the film ‘Rudy.’

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In 1940, the Tacoma Narrows Bridge collapsed.

In 1991, Magic Johnson announced he had HIV and retired from the NBA.

In 1966, John Lennon had a chance encounter with Yoko Ono.

In 2000, the US Presidential race turned into a long waiting game and introduced the term ‘hanging chad’ into our national lexicon.

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In 1869, Rutgers and the school that would become known as Princeton played what is recognized as the first collegiate football game.

In 1906, US President Theodore Roosevelt became the first president to make an official diplomatic tour outside of the continental United States.

In 1995, Cleveland Browns owner Art Modell stunned the city of Cleveland when he announced he had reached an agreement to move the team to Baltimore.

In 1993, Fan Man crashed the party during the Evander Holyfield / Riddick Bowe Heavyweight Title fight in Las Vegas

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In 1605, the Gunpowder Plot was discovered.

In 1998, the journal Nature published a report that DNA testing had confirmed that a member of Thomas Jefferson’s family had fathered a child with Sally Hemings.

In 1994, George Foreman won the heavyweight title at age 45.

In 1872, Susan B. Anthony voted.

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In 1922, the steps to the burial room for King Tutankhamun were uncovered by a team of Egyptian excavators led by British archaeologist Howard Carter.

In 1995, Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin was assassinated following a peace rally in Tel Aviv.

In 1979, the US Iranian Hostage Crisis began when 66 American men and women were taken hostage in Tehran.

In 1960, primatologist Jane Goodall witnessed a chimpanzee strip leaves from a straw stick and then insert it into a termite mound to extract the insects inside.

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In 1957, Laika became the first living creature

In 1962, a meeting in a New York hotel bar set in motion what would become Fantasy Football.

In 1948, the Chicago Tribune misprinted 'Dewey defeats Truman' in their morning edition.

In 2024, music producer Quincy Jones died at the age of 91.

In 1993, inventor Leon Theremin died at the age of 97.

(Theremin musician: Carolina Eyck)

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In 1988, the first computer worm was released into a computer system at M.I.T.

In 1983, President Ronald Reagan signed a bill, creating a federal holiday recognizing Martin Luther King, Jr.

In 1963, the term 'Beatlemania!' was introduced into the lexicon after a Daily Mail headline blared it.

In 1972, Carly Simon released 'You're So Vain.'

In 2016, the Chicago Cubs broke their 108-year championship curse, beating Cleveland to win the World Series.

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