1544King Henry VIII draws his armies out of France

1659Robinson Crusoe is shipwrecked (according to Daniel Defoe)

1805Napoleon Bonaparte's army draws into the Rhine

1908Maurice Maeterlinck's "L'oiseau Blue" premieres in Moscow

1927Babe Ruth hits record setting 60th HR (off Tom Zachary)

1934Babe Ruth's final game as a Yankee, goes 0 for 3

1935The Hoover Dam, astride the border between the U.S. states of Arizona and Nevada, is dedicated by FDR

1938Treaty of Munich signed by Hitler, Benito Mussolini, Daladier and Chamberlain, forces Czechoslovakia to give territory to Germany

1942Admiral Nimitz's B-17 finds Guadalcanal using National Geographic map

1945Hank Greenberg's final day HR wins pennant for Tigers

1946Joachim von Ribbentrop & Hermann Goering sentenced to death by Nuremberg trial

1953Earl Warren appointed Chief Justice of the US Supreme Court

1962JFK routes 3,000 federal troops to Mississippi

1962Mickey Wright wins LPGA San Diego Golf Open

1972Roberto Clemente is 11th to get 3,000 hits

1979Nancy Lopez wins LPGA Mary Kay Golf Classic

1980A's Rickey Henderson sets AL stolen base record at 98 en route to 100

1980Iran rejects a truce call from Iraqi President Saddam Hussein

1985Howard Stern gets fired from WNBC AM (NY)

1989Nolan Ryan's perfect game broken in 8th, but gets his 300th strikeout

1991Jerry Springer's tabloid talk show "The Jerry Springer Show" debuts

199226th Country Music Association Award: Garth Brooks wins

1992KC Royal George Brett gets 4 hits to become 18th to get 3,000 hits

1993US General Colin Powell retires at 56