1893

The largest land run in U.S. history occurred as more than 100,000 white settlers rushed to claim overmore than 6 million acres of land in what is now northern Oklahoma.

1908

General Motors was founded in Flint, Michigan, by William C. Durant.

1982

The massacre of more than 1,300 Palestinian men, women and children at the hands of Israeli-allied Christian Phalange militiamen began in west Beirut’s Sabra and Shatila refugee camps.

2007

O.J. Simpson was arrested in the alleged armed robbery of sports memorabilia collectors in Las Vegas.

2013

Aaron Alexis, a former U.S. Navy reservist, went on a shooting rampage inside the Washington Navy Yard, killing 12 people before being fatally shot police.

2018

At least 17 people were confirmed dead from Hurricane Florence as catastrophic flooding spread across the Carolinas.

Birthdays

Actor Ed Begley Jr. is 75. Actor Mickey Rourke is 72. Magician David Copperfield is 68. Retired MLB All-Star pitcher Orel Hershiser is 66. Comedian Molly Shannon is 60. Singer Marc Anthony is 56.Comedian-actor Amy Poehler is 53.