1945-  Hollywood Black Friday: A six month strike by Hollywood set decorators turns into a bloody riot at the gates of Warner Brothers’ studios.

1953- 50th World Series sees NY Yankees beat Dodgers, 4 games to 2, as NY Billy Martin’s 12 hits set record; Yanks win record 5th consec WS

1958-  KRTV TV channel 3 in Great Falls, MT (CBS) begins broadcasting 

1962- Beatles release their 1st record “Love Me Do”

1969- Born on this day, Karyn Parsons, actress (Hilary-Fresh Prince of Bel Air)

2005- Vampire novel “Twilight” by Stephenie Meyer is first published by Little Brown