FRIDAY, Oct. 06, 2023

1781 — Americans & French begin siege of Cornwallis at Yorktown; last battle of the Revolutionary War

1857 — American Chess Assn organized; first major U.S. chess tournament (NYC)

1866 — First train robbery in U.S.

1876 — American Library Association organized in Philadelphia

1889 — Thomas Edison shows his first motion picture

1923 — USSR adopts experimental calendar

1927 — "Jazz Singer," first movie with a sound track, premieres (NYC)

1928 — Chiang Kai-Shek becomes president of China

1949 — Pres Truman signs Mutual Defense Assistance Act (for NATO)

1976 — Pres Ford says there is "no Soviet domination in Eastern Europe"

1979 — Pope John Paul II is 1st Pope to visit the White House

1991 — Elizabeth Taylor weds for the 8th time (Larry Fortensky)