1781

British troops under Gen. Lord Cornwallis surrendered at Yorktown, Virginia, as the American Revolution neared its end.

1914

The First Battle of Ypres began in World War I.

1960

The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. was arrested during a sit-down protest at a lunch counter in Atlanta.

1977

The supersonic Concorde made its first landing in New York City, flying from Toulouse, France, in three hours and 44 minutes.

2003

Pope John Paul II beatified Mother Teresa during a ceremony in St. Peter’s Square.