1682-William Penn lands in what will become Pennsylvania
1787-The opera "Don Giovanni" is produced (Prague)
1863-Intl Comm of the Red Cross founded (Nobel 1917, 1944, 1963)
1923-Turkey proclaimed a republic (National Day)
1924-"Dixie to Broadway," opens at Broadhurst Theater
1929-"Black Tuesday," Stock Market crashes triggers "Great Depression"
1942-16,000 Jews killed in Pinsk Russia
1957-A hand grenade explodes in Israel's Knesset (Parliament)
1964-Town of Karmiel founded in the Galilee
1966-National Organization of Women founded
1982-Car maker John DeLorean indicted for drug trafficking, later acquitted
1982-Paul McCartney & Michael Jackson release "The Girl is Mine"
1989 NYC MTA opens the 63rd street extension to the subway
1990 30 die in a (5.7) earthquake in Algeria