Today in history

1509 : Storm ravages Flemish/Dutch/Friese coast 1000s killed

1777 : English General William Howe occupies Philadelphia

1864 : Jesse James' gang surprise attack train: 150 killed

1905 : First published blues composition forms sale WC Handy Memphis Blues

1937 : First Santa Claus Training School opens (Albion NY)

1938 : British ocean liner 'Queen Elizabeth' launches at Clydebank Scotland

1983 : Richard Stallman announces the GNU Project

1989 : Sony purchases Columbia Pictures for 3.4 billion Dollars cash

1993 : Actor Daniel Day Lewis pleads guilty to speeding charges

1997 : Bob Dylan performs for Pope John Paul II at a Catholic youth event in Bologna Italy

2022 : Hurricane Ian impacts Cuba and the United States causing catastrophic damage to both nations killing at least 157 people 16 missing and leaving millions without power including the entire nation of Cuba.