Man runs 10,000 meters in less than 30 minutes:
Finnish runner, Taisto Mäki, broke his previous record by running the distance in 29 minutes 52 seconds.
Japan defeats China in the Battle of the Yalu River:
Also known as the Battle of the Yellow Sea, the conflict was fought between Japan and China during the First Sino-Japanese War.
Bloodiest Single Day of the American Civil War takes place:
The Battle of Antietam was fought near the Antietam Creek in Sharpsburg, Maryland. At least 4000 soldiers on both sides died.
- 1985 Tomáš Berdych
Czech tennis player
- 1975 Jimmie Johnson
American race car driver
- 1923 Hank Williams
American singer-songwriter, guitarist
- 1997 Red Skelton
American actor, comedian
- 1996 Spiro Agnew
American politician, 39th Vice President of the United States
- 1994 Karl Popper
Austrian/English philosopher
