1933 – Prohibition in the United States ends: Utah becomes the 36th U.S. state to ratify the Twenty-first Amendment to the United States Constitution, thus establishing the required 75% of states needed to enact the amendment. (This overturned the 18th Amendment which had made the manufacture, sale, or transportation of alcohol illegal in the United States.)

1932 – German-born Swiss physicist Albert Einstein is granted an American visa.

 JrzyTmata wrote: 
 now I have song-stuck-in-da-haid syndrome ...

 Red_Dragon wrote: 
Go Funky Claude!

1998 – The Unity Module, the second module of the International Space Station, is launched.

1980 – English rock group Led Zeppelin officially disbands, following the death of drummer John Bonham on September 25th.

1971 – The Montreux Casino in Switzerland is set ablaze by someone wielding a flare gun during a Frank Zappa concert; the incident would be noted in the Deep Purple song "Smoke on the Water".

1956 – The Million Dollar Quartet (Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins, and Johnny Cash) get together at Sun Studios for the first and last time.

1872 – The crewless American ship  Mary Celeste is found by the British brig Dei Gratia. The ship had been abandoned for nine days but was only slightly damaged.

1992 – A test engineer for Sema Group uses a personal computer to send the world's first text message via the Vodafone network to the phone of a colleague.

1973 – Pioneer program: Pioneer 10 sends back the first close-up images of Jupiter.

1927 – Putting Pants on Philip, the first Laurel and Hardy film, is released.

1910 – Modern neon lighting is first demonstrated by Georges Claude at the Paris Motor Show.

 Red_Dragon wrote:Went through the roof, then bounced of smth and hit her thigh, so fortunately she lived.  Nice pics if you search 

1982 – Michael Jackson's second solo album, Thriller is released worldwide. It will become the best-selling record album in history.

1954 – In Sylacauga, Alabama, United States, the Hodges Meteorite crashes through a roof and hits a woman taking an afternoon nap in the only documented case of a human being hit by a rock from space.

1940 – Lucille Ball marries Desi Arnaz in Greenwich, Connecticut.

1872 – The first-ever international football match takes place at Hamilton Crescent, Glasgow, between Scotland and England.

3340 BC – Earliest believed record of an eclipse.

 miamizsun wrote: 

That cannot be possible. Mayonnaise was not even invented until 1756, by Duke Richelieu's chef. I think.