The Collegiate School, later renamed Yale University, is founded in Connecticut.β
Joshua Stoddard received a patent for a calliopeβ
The nation’s first working underground oil pipeline was completed between Oil Creek and Pithole, Pennsylvaniaβ
American Humane Association organizedβ
The Washington Monument opened to the publicβ
7.7 earthquake struck Kodiak Island, Alaskaβ
Deadly fire leveled Baudette and Spooner, Minnesotaβ
First electronic blanket manufactured, Petersburg, Virginiaβ
In Bolivia, Che Guevara is killed while leading a Cuban-sponsored guerrilla forceβ
Cape Kennedy restored to original name of Cape Canaveralβ in Floridaββ
A meteorite struck a car in Peekskill, New Yorkβ
Starting on September 28, Lloyd Scott, a 41-year old former firefighter and professional football player from Rainham, London, dived through the depths of Loch Ness for 12 days to complete on this day the world’s first ever underwater marathon. Lloyd wore an 80-kilogram diving suit throughout the 26-mile adventureβ
The new U.S. $20 bill, with its faint tinge of peach color in the background, made its way into bank vaults and consumersβ pocketsβ
Weather
Damaging hailstorms hit Montana, causing $7.5 million in crop damageβ