EVENTS:
- 1884 – Greenwich, in London, England, is established as Universal Time meridian of longitude.
- 1885 – The Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech) is founded in Atlanta, United States.
- 1914 – In Major League Baseball‘s World Series, the Boston Braves defeat the Philadelphia Athletics, 4 games to 0, at Fenway Park in Boston, completing the first World Series sweep in history.
- 1946 – France adopts the constitution of the Fourth Republic.
- 1962 – The Pacific Northwest experiences a cyclone the equal of a Cat 3 hurricane. Winds measured above 150 mph at several locations; 46 people died.
- 1967 – The first game in the history of the American Basketball Association is played as the Anaheim Amigos lose to the Oakland Oaks 134-129 in Oakland, California.
- 1970 – Fiji joins the United Nations.
- 1976 – The first electron micrograph of an Ebola viral particle is obtained by Dr. F.A. Murphy, now at U.C. Davis, who was then working at the C.D.C.
- 2013 – A stampede breaks out on a bridge near the Ratangarh Mata Temple in Datia district, Madhya Pradesh, India during the Hindu festival Navratri, killing 115 people and injuring more than 110.
- 2016 – The Maldives announces its decision to withdraw from the Commonwealth of Nations.
- 2019 – Kenyan Brigid Kosgei sets a new world record for a woman runner with a time of 2:14:04 at the 2019 Chicago Marathon.
BIRTHS:
- 1911 – Ashok Kumar, Indian actor, singer, and producer (d. 2001)
- 1924 – Moturu Udayam, Indian activist and politician (d. 2002)
- 1931 – Raymond Kopa, French footballer
- 1936 – Chitti Babu, Indian veena player and composer (d. 1996)
- 1960 – Tim Brewster, American football player and coach
- 1962 – Jerry Rice, American football player and sportscaster
- 1967 – Steve Vickers, English footballer
- 1971 – Hitesh Modi, Kenyan cricketer
- 1973 – Brian Dawkins, American football player and coach
- 1977 – Gareth Batty, English cricketer
- 1979 – Wes Brown, English footballer
- 1988 – Scott Jamieson, Australian footballer
- 1989 – Clive Rose, Australian cricketer
- 1994 – Ryan Matterson, Australian rugby league player
- 2001 – Cam Thomas, American basketball player
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