Historical Events
202
Battle of Zama: Scipio Africanus defeats Hannibal of Carthage, ending the Second Punic War.
1781
British General Cornwallis surrenders at Yorktown, ending the Revolutionary War.
1812
Napoleon begins his retreat from Moscow.
1987
Black Monday: the Dow Jones falls 22.6%, the largest one-day percentage drop ever.
2016
The Cubs end a 108-year World Series drought.
Famous Birthdays
1433
Marsilio Ficino
Italian scholar who translated Plato's works.
1784
Leigh Hunt
English critic, essayist, and poet.
1910
Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar
Indian-American astrophysicist who won the Nobel Prize in Physics.
1931
John le Carré
British author known for The Spy Who Came in from the Cold.
1945
John Lithgow
American actor known for 3rd Rock from the Sun and The Crown.
