1781 – At Yorktown, Virginia, representatives of British commander Lord Cornwallis handed over Cornwallis' sword and formally surrendered to George Washington and the comte de Rochambeau.
1789 – Chief Justice John Jay is sworn in as the first Chief Justice of the United States.
1897 – George Pullman, American engineer and businessman, founded the Pullman Company (b. 1831) dies.
1900 – Max Planck discovers the law of black-body radiation (Planck's law).
1943 – Streptomycin, the first antibiotic remedy for tuberculosis, is isolated by researchers at Rutgers University.
1945 – Divine, American drag queen performer, and actor (d. 1988) is born.
1960 – Cold War: The United States government imposes a near-total trade embargo against Cuba.
1962 – Evander Holyfield, American boxer and actor is born.
1973 – President Richard Nixon rejects an Appeals Court decision that he turn over the Watergate tapes.
1987 – The United States Navy conducts Operation Nimble Archer, an attack on two Iranian oil platforms in the Persian Gulf.
1987 – Black Monday: The Dow Jones Industrial Average falls by 22%, 508 points.
2003 – Mother Teresa is beatified by Pope John Paul II.
2005 – Saddam Hussein goes on trial in Baghdad for crimes against humanity.
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