1920
Rigging the World Series
Eight Chicago White Sox players were indicted for fixing the 1919 World Series in the "Black Sox scandal."
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1066
William the Conqueror invaded England.
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1542
Portuguese explorer Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo arrived at present-day San Diego.
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1781
The closing campaign of the American Revolution at Yorktown Heights, Va. began.
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1924
Two U.S. Army planes landed in Seattle after completing the first round-the-world-flight in 175 days.
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1939
A German-Soviet agreement divided Poland between Nazi Germany and the USSR.
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1967
Walter Washington became the first mayor of the District of Columbia.
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1972
Japan and Communist China agreed to re-establish diplomatic relations.
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1989
Former Philippine President Ferdinand E. Marcos died in exile in Hawaii.
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1991
Jazz great Miles Davis died.
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2003
Althea Gibson, the first African-American tennis player to win at Wimbledon, died.
