Lehman Brothers file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection:
This was the largest bankruptcy in US history.

John Bull becomes the oldest operable locomotive:
The steam locomotive manufactured by the British and operated in New Jersey, US became the world’s oldest and still operable locomotive.

A Ku Klux Klan bomb kills 4 young African-American girls:
4 members of the white supremacy group, set off a timed bomb at the 16th Street Baptist Church, a predominantly black church in Birmingham, Alabama.

Battle of Pyongyang ends with decisive Japanese victory:
The battle was a major land battle took place between the forces of Meiji Japan and Qing China during the First Sino-Japanese War.