In 1908,  the Chicago Cubs defeated the Detroit Tigers, 2–0, clinching the World Series. It would be their last one to date.

Born in 1945 – Dési Bouterse, Surinamese general, politikima, and current President of Suriname.

The leader of a military coup of the Suriname government in the early 1980s, he is accused of killing fifteen of his leading opponents in what is known as the “December murders.” Bouterse was prosecuted for these murders and a trial was initiated, but in 2012 the National Assembly extended him amnesty. He is also suspected of having directed a massacre in 1986, in which 35 inhabitants of the Maroon village of Moiwana were killed.

In 2000, Bouterse was sentenced in absentia in the Netherlands to 11 years imprisonment after being convicted of trafficking 474 kilos of cocaine. As Suriname’s president, he enjoys national immunity from arrest in his country.

Born in 1969 – Polly Jean Harvey, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer.

“I firmly disbelieve that one has to be a tortured soul to write good music.”

Born in 1703 – Jonathan Edwards, American pastor and theologian.

Edwards evaluates man: “A little, wretched, despicable creature; a worm, a mere nothing, and less than nothing; a vile insect that has risen up in contempt against the majesty of Heaven and earth.”

Born in 1963 – A. C. Green, American basketball player.

Above: Green playing for the Oregon State Beavers in 1982.

Born in 1935 – Julie Andrews, English actress and singer.

Above: Andrews in The Sound of Music.

Born in 1905 – Michael Powell, English director, producer, and screenwriter.

Above: Deborah Kerr in the  Powell and Pressburger film, Black Narcissus.

Born in 1912 – Michelangelo Antonioni, Italian director and screenwriter.

Above: Still from Antonioni’s film, Blow Up.

Born in 1950 – John Sayles, American actor, director, and screenwriter.

Above: Chris Cooper in Sayles’ 1987 film, Matewan.

On Sept. 27, 1996, the Taliban, a band of former seminary students, drove the government of Afghani President Burhanuddin Rabbani out of Kabul, captured the capital and executed former leader Dr. Mohammad Najibullah.

Above: The execution of Najibullah.