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British forces under General John Burgoyne surrendered to American troops in Saratoga, New York, in what was the turning point of the Revolutionary War.

Blacks living in Boston, Massachusetts petitioned the Boston legislature protesting that their children were excluded from the Boston public schools because of their race. Rebuffed by the legislature, Boston’s blacks established a school of their own.

The London Beer Flood inundated the St. Giles district of the British capital (London) as a vat at Meux’s Brewery on Tottenham Court Road ruptured, causing other vats to burst as well and sending more than 320,000 gallons of beer into the streets; up to nine people were reported killed.

Denver Municipal Airport opened. It was renamed Stapleton Airfield in 1944, and then Stapleton International Airport in 1964.

Mobster Al Capone was convicted of income tax evasion and sentenced to 11 years in prison. (He was released in 1939).

Albert Einstein arrived in the United States as a refugee from Nazi Germany.

The comedy-drama “Mr. Smith Goes to Washington” directed by Frank Capra and starring James Stewart, Jean Arthur and Claude Rains, had its world premiere in Washington, D.C. – where it was poorly received by audience members who objected to the movie’s unflattering portrayal of members of Congress and the Capitol Hill press corps.

14 black players on the Wyoming football team were dismissed from the team for wanting to wear black armbands in protest against BYU the next day in protest against the racial policies of BYU against blacks.

Arab oil-producing nations announced they would begin cutting back oil exports to Western nations and Japan; the result was a total embargo that lasted until March 1974.

President Jimmy Carter signed a bill restoring U.S. citizenship to Confederate President Jefferson Davis, who died in 1889.

Mother Teresa of India was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for her years of work on behalf of the destitute in Calcutta.

During a pre-game warmup of the World Series taking place between the San Francisco Giants and the Oakland Athletics, the 6.9 magnitude Loma Prieta earthquake shook the San Francisco Bay Area and the Central Coast, killing 63 people.

Irene Ryan (Actress, granny on Beverly Hillbillies)

Pope John Paul I (Catholic Church)

Arthur Miller (Playwright, “The Crucible”, third husband of Marilyn Monroe)

Rita Hayworth (Actress)

Montgomery Clift (Actor)

Jimmy Breslin (Newspaper columnist)

Evel Knievel (American daredevil, painter, entertainer)

Jim Seals (Singer, Seals and Crofts)

Gary Puckett (Singer)

Steve Jones (Basketball player)

Jeff Congdon (Basketball player)

Margot Kidder (Actress)

Ziggy Marley (Reggae singer)

Chris Kirkpatrick (Singer)

Eminem (singer, Songwriter)