1892

The Dalton Gang, notorious for its train robberies, was practically wiped out while attempting to rob a pair of banks in Coffeyville, Kansas.

1947

President Harry S. Truman delivered the first televised White House address as he spoke on the world food crisis.

1958

Racially desegregated Clinton High School in Clinton, Tennessee, was nearly leveled by an early morning bombing.

1986

Nicaraguan Sandinista government soldiers shot down a cargo plane carrying weapons and ammunition bound for Contra rebels; the event exposed a web of illegal arms shipments, leading to the Iran-Contra Scandal.

2011

Steve Jobs, the Apple founder and former chief executive who invented and master-marketed ever-sleeker gadgets that transformed everyday technology, died in Palo Alto at age 56.

Birthdays

College Football Hall of Fame coach Barry Switzer is 87. Rock musician Steve Miller is 81. Rock singer Brian Johnson (AC/DC) is 77. Actor Karen Allen is 73. Writer-filmmaker Clive Barker is 72. Astrophysicist-author Neil deGrasse Tyson is 66. Architect-designer Maya Lin is 65. Actor Guy Pearce is 57. Actor Kate Winslet is 49. Actor Jesse Eisenberg is 41. NFL tight end Travis Kelce is 35.