In 490 B.C., the Greeks defeated the Persians at Marathon. A Greek soldier named Phidippides ran more than 26 miles to tell Athenians of the victory and
died after his announcement. His feat provided the model for the modern marathon race.
In 1066, the Norman Conquest of England began.
In 1892, Mansfield University was the home team for the first night football game at Smythe Park in Mansfield, Pa.
In 1920, in baseball’s biggest scandal, a grand jury indicted eight Chicago White Sox players for throwing the 1919 World Series with the Cincinnati Reds.
In 1982, the first reports appeared of deaths in the Chicago area from Extra-strength Tylenol capsules laced with cyanide. Seven people died and the unsolved
case resulted in tamper-proof packaging for consumer products.
In 1987, a federal appeals court declared Boston public schools officially desegregated after a 13-year effort.
In 1989, former Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos died in exile in Hawaii.
In 1992, a Pakistan jetliner carrying 167 people, including three Americans, crashed into a hill southeast of Kathmandu, Nepal, killing all aboard. It
was Nepal’s worst air disaster.
In 1993, U.S. first lady Hillary Clinton was the administration’s lead witness in congressional hearings on the proposed national healthcare program.
Also in 1993, as the power struggle in Russia intensified, the Interior Ministry sealed off the parliament building. Opponents to President Boris Yeltsin
were holed up inside.
In 1995, Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and Palestine Liberation Organization Chairman Yasser Arafat signed “phase two” of their peace agreement
in Washington.
In 2000, right-wing Israeli leader Ariel Sharon visited the sacred site known as the Temple Mount to Jews and Haram al Sharif to Muslims, sparking a deadly
round of violence between Israelis and Palestinians that continued to escalate over the next two years. Five months later, Sharon was elected prime minister.
Also in 2000, the Drug and Food Administration announced approval of an abortion pill.
In 2001, the U.N. Security Council unanimously passed a resolution to require all members to put a stop to financing and training of terrorists within
their borders.
In 2003, legendary Broadway and film director Elia Kazan died at his home in New York at the age of 94.
In 2004, the price of oil topped $50 a barrel for the first time in trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange.
In 2005, U.S. Rep. Tom DeLay, R-Texas, the U.S. House of Representatives majority leader, was indicted in Texas for allegedly conspiring to violate a state
fundraising law.
In 2006, in a move boosting support for the Afghan government, NATO voted to dramatically expand operations in Afghanistan. The focus will be on the east,
where Osama bin Laden was believed to be hiding.
In 2007, the U.S. Senate joined the House of Representatives in defying a veto threat from President George Bush to approve an expansion of the child health
insurance program. The bill would spend about $35 billion to expand health insurance to more than four million children.
