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THIS DAY IN HISTORY: 

Black Friday (1869)
In 1869, American financial speculators Jay Gould and James Fisk attempted to corner the gold market by trying to prevent the sale of government gold, which they hoped to achieve by influencing President Ulysses Grant. The plan backfired when Grant discovered the plot and released $4 million of government gold for sale. On a day that came to be known as Black Friday, the price of gold plummeted, panic ensued, and thousands were ruined—though not Gould or Fisk.

The Tunguska Event

In 1908, a massive aerial explosion near Siberia's Stony Tunguska River flattened 500,000 acres of forest—felling an estimated 80 million trees over 830 sq mi and producing a shockwave that shattered windows hundreds of miles away. Known as the Tunguska event, the explosion is thought to have measured 5.0 on the Richter scale, with an estimated energy 1,000 times more powerful than the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima.

THIS DAY IN HISTORY: 

Steamship RMS Queen Mary Is Launched (1934)
Construction on the Queen Mary ocean liner began in Scotland in 1930. In 1934, British King George V's consort, Queen Mary, christened the ship in her own name. Operated by the Cunard Line, the glamorous luxury ship carried passengers between New York and England for decades—except during World War II, when it was painted grey and converted to carry troops. In the 1960s, air travel rendered transatlantic passenger ships obsolete, and the Queen Mary was retired.

1902 Levi Strauss, German-born American clothing designer who founded the 1st company to manufacture blue jeans (Levi Strauss & Co.), dies at 73

1950 A blue moon appears in England due to smoke from the Chinchaga firestorm in Alberta and British Columbia, Canada

1953 Shortstop Billy Hunter smashes the final home run in St. Louis Browns history during a 6-3 loss to the Chicago White Sox at Busch Stadium as the franchise moves to Baltimore next season

1954 The Athletics defeat the Yankees 8-6 in the last game the franchise will play in Philadelphia

1954 Yogi Berra plays his only game at third base, and Mickey Mantle plays shortstop

1959 Milwaukee Braves' Warren Spahn becomes the winningest National League left handed pitcher

1962 LA Dodgers shortstop Maury Wills becomes first player in MLB history to steal 100 bases (en route to 104)

1962 TV comedy series "The Beverly Hillbillies" premieres on CBS

1964 TV sitcom "Gilligan's Island," starring Bob Denver as Gilligan, debuts on CBS

1969 Apple Records releases The Beatles' 11th studio album "Abbey Road," their final recordings as a quartet, topping the charts in eleven countries

1971 Jim Palmer is the fourth Oriole to win at least 20 games this season

1975 Phillies and NY Mets play a doubleheader that ends at 3:15 am

1976 Denver's Rick Upchurch returns two punts for touchdowns against Cleveland - Bastage

1993 Indians win their final game at Cleveland Stadium, defeating the Brewers 6-4

1995 "George" magazine, published by John F. Kennedy Jr., premieres

2006 Byron Nelson golfer - winner 5 major titles; record 19 tournaments 1945, dies  at 94

2006 Martin Scorsese's "The Departed," starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Matt Damon, and Mark Wahlberg, premieres in New York City (Best Picture 2007)

2008 Paul Newman,American actor,auto racer and team owner and charity food company founder dies of lung cancer at 83

2016 First US Presidential debate: Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton vs Republican Donald Trump at Hofstra University

2024 Hurricane Helene makes landfall in Florida's Big Bend as a Category 4 storm with winds of 140 mph, causing devastation across 10 US states and killing at least 250 people