1777 British General John Burgoyne surrenders at Saratoga during the American Revolutionary War
1787 Boston African Americans petition the legislature for equal school facilities
1814 London Beer Flood: A burst vat at Meux & Company Brewery floods city streets with over 300,000 gallons of porter ale, killing eight, with a possible ninth later from alcohol poisoning. Well if ya have ta go.....
1849 Frédéric Chopin,Polish pianist and composer, dies of tuberculosis at 39
1871 US President Ulysses S. Grant suspends habeas corpus in parts of South Carolina during prosecutions against Ku Klux Klan
1894 Ohio National Guard kills 3 lynchers while rescuing a Black man
1904 Bank of Italy (Bank of America), founded by Amadeo Giannini, opens its doors in Jackson Square, San Francisco
1933 Albert Einstein arrives in the US as a refugee from Nazi Germany
1939 "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington," directed by Frank Capra and starring James Stewart and Jean Arthur, is released
1943 Burma Railway, built by Allied POWs and Asian laborers, is completed for use by the Japanese army
1957 Britain's Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip visit the White House and meet President Dwight D. Eisenhower and First Lady Mamie Eisenhower
1957 Musical film "Jailhouse Rock," starring Elvis Presley, premieres in Memphis, Tennessee
1968 "Bullitt," directed by Peter Yates and starring Steve McQueen and Jacqueline Bisset, is released
1972 Chuck Berry's single "My Ding-a-Ling" reaches #1
1978 Yankees win the 22nd World Championship, capping their great comeback year
1988 Traveling Wilburys release debut album "Volume 1," featuring the single "Handle With Care"; pseudonymous band members include Roy Orbison, Bob Dylan, George Harrison, Jeff Lynne, and Tom Petty
2019 UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson announces a new Brexit deal with the EU, removing the Northern Ireland backstop clause
