1901
Anna Taylor becomes the first woman to go over Niagara Falls in a barrel.
1911
Orville Wright sets a world record that remained for 10 years, after gliding in the air over North Carolina for nine minutes and 45 seconds.
1926
Harry Houdini performs for the last time in Detroit, Michigan.
1931
Al Capone is sentenced to 11 years in jail for tax evasion.
1938
Child labor is forbidden in U.S. factories.
1973
John Lennon sues the U.S. government for illegal wiretapping, amid investigation of being a radical threat to the Nixon administration.
1978
Keith Richards is convicted of heroine possession while in Toronto.
2012
Hurricane Sandy hits Jamaica, killing one person and causing $50 million in damage.
2016
ISIS kills 61 people and injures 117 people with a suicide bomb at a police training academy in Pakistan.
2018
Someone in South Carolina wins a Mega Millions jackpot of 1.5 billion, the largest in U.S. history.