In 1851, Moby-Dick, a novel by Herman Melville about the voyage of the whaling ship Pequod, is published by Harper & Brothers in New York.
In 1896, the Power Plant at Niagra Falls began operation.
In 1971, the First spacecraft to orbit a planet
NASA’s Mariner 9 entered Mars’ orbit after 167 days in space.
In 1914, the Ottoman Empire declares war against Britain, France, Russia, Serbia and Montenegro during the early months of World War I
In 1940, German planes destroyed most of the English town of Coventry during World War II.
In 1999, the United Nations imposed sanctions on Afghanistan for refusing to hand over terrorist suspect Osama bin Laden.