The first victim of Memphis' yellow fever epidemic died. the disease would kill 5,000 of the city's residents in just two months. More »
Alfred Hitchcock, the famed Hollywood filmmaker, was born in London. More »
Fidel Castro, future communist dictator, was born in eastern Cuba. More »
Annie Oakley, the sharpshooter of Buffalo Bill's Wild West show, was born in Patterson Township, Ohio. More »
President Reagan signed the Economic Recovery Tax Act (ERTA). More »
German pilots began the bombing of southern England; the Battle of Britain would last until October 31st. More »
As soldiers laid down bricks and barbed wire, Berlin was divided into two halves: the Soviet east and the democratic west. More »
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