- 1929-"Black Tuesday" Wall Street Stock Market crashes triggering the "Great Depression".
- 1958-US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site.
- 1960-Cassius Clay's [Muhammed Ali] 1st professional flight; beats Tunney Hunsaker on points in 6 rounds in Louisville, Kentucky.
- 1966-National Organization of Women founded.
- 2005-Delhi bombings kill more than 60.
- 1886- On this day U.S. President Grover Cleveland officially dedicated the Statue of liberty a gift from the people of France to the people of the United States on Bedloe's Island in Upper New York Bay.
- 1955-Bill Gates who cofounde Mirosoft, was born.
- 1989-Twenty people were killed in the crash of a commuter plane on the island of Hawali.
- 1795-The United States and Spain signed the Treaty of San Lorenzo (Pinckey's Treaty).
- 1954-The first Walt Disney television show "Dineyland" premiered on ABC.
- 1987-Vijay Merchant, Indian cricketer, passed away.
- 1997-Britan conclude a 54- nation Common wealth meeting.
- 1896-Abyssinia & Italy signed peace treaty.
- 1905-First Soviet workers council formed, St Petersburg, Russia.
- 1939-Polish Jews forced into obligatory work service.
- 1947-British military occupation ends in Iraq.
- 1950-Mother Teresa founds Missionaries of Charity in Calcutta,India.
- 2001-The United States passes the USA PATRIOT Act into law.
- 1951-First general election of India begins
- 1971-National Science and Technology Committee established
- 1990-Captain Sangama, first Chief Minister of Meghalaya died
- 1995-Narasimha Rao, PM addresses the 50th anniversary session of the UN
- 1857-One of the world's first football club Sheffield established
- 1945-United nations came into existence
- 1946-Netherland and Indonesia signed in Ceasefire agreement
- 1970-Salvador Allende elected as Chile president
- 1976-Toranto international film festival started
- 1980-Nuclear Experiments were done by Britan
- 1867-Torando city became the capital of Ontario
- 1887-Nine lakh people died due to flood in China
- 1895-Loui Pastcher ( French Scientist ) died
- 1959-Indonesia became the member of UNO
- 1961-Syria withdrew from Arab Republic
- 1997-Google started working
