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Events

• Patent granted to Daniel Cooper for “workman’s time recorder”– 1894
• The broadcast of Orson Welles’ radio drama, War of the Worlds, caused a national panic– 1938
• Toronto’s first street vacuum debuted– 1947
• The 24-second shot clock made its NBA debut– 1954
• First Lamborghini car debuted– 1963
• The film The Lion in Winter debuted, starring Katharine Hepburn and Peter O’Toole– 1968
• Elton John appeared in a Royal Command Performance for the Queen of England– 1972
• Mohammad Ali knocked out George Foreman in 8 rounds for the World Heavyweight Boxing championship title– 1974
• Spectacular Northern Lights display was seen as far south as Florida– 2003
• The Boston Red Sox won the World Series vs the St. Louis Cardinals. It marked the first time since 1918 that the Red Sox won a World Series on home turf at Fenway Park.– 2013
• The Washington Nationals won the World Series (against the Houston Astros) for the first time in the club’s history– 2019