TODAY IN HISTORY: Who voted against Babe Ruth?

In 993, Ulric, bishop of Augsburg in present-day Germany from 923 to 973, was canonized by Pope John XV. It was the first recorded canonization by a Catholic pontiff.

In 1796, Yonge Street was officially opened, running 48 kilometres from what would become Toronto through to Lake Simcoe.

In 1820, Britain’s King George III died insane at Windsor Castle, ending a reign that had seen both the American and French revolutions.

In 1845, Edgar Allan Poe's poem "The Raven" was first published under a pseudonym in the "New York Evening Mirror."

In 1856, Alexander Dunn became the first Canadian recipient of the Victoria Cross, Britain's highest military decoration. Dunn was honoured for gallantry during the 1854 Charge of the Light Brigade in the Crimean War.

In 1885, German inventor Karl Benz patented the automobile.

In 1900, the American League, consisting of eight baseball teams, was organized in Philadelphia.

In 1918, German planes raided London during the First World War.

In 1929, Seeing Eye, the first guide-dog school to aid the blind, was founded in Nashville, Tenn.

In 1936, the first members of the Baseball Hall of Fame were inducted in Cooperstown, N.Y. They included Ty Cobb, Babe Ruth, Christy Mathewson, Honus Wagner and Walter Johnson. None were elected unanimously.

In 1946, Supreme Court of Canada Justice Ivan Rand handed down a decision to break the deadlock in a 112-day strike at the Ford of Canada plant in Windsor, Ont. What became known as the “Rand Formula” called for all employees in a bargaining unit to pay union dues whether or not they are union members.

In 1946, the famed racing schooner “Bluenose’ sank after striking a reef off Haiti.

In 1980, the world learned of the “Canadian Caper.” Canadian embassy officials in Tehran hid six Americans from Iranian militants for more than two months, then smuggled them out.

In 1980, postal union president Jean-Claude Parrot began serving a three-month prison term for defying a law making a postal strike illegal.

In 1985, New Brunswick Premier Richard Hatfield was found not guilty of possession of marijuana, which had been discovered during a security search on Sept. 25 while the Queen was visiting.

In 1986, scientists in Nova Scotia announced they had uncovered the largest fossil find in North America. More than 100,000 pieces of bone belonging to dinosaurs, reptiles and fish were found in a rock formation known as the Newark Supergroup.

In 1990, Ray Hnatyshyn was sworn in as Canada's 24th governor general.

In 1990, former Exxon Valdez skipper Joseph Hazelwood went on trial in Alaska, on charges stemming from, at the time, the worst offshore oil spill in U.S. history. He was acquitted of the major charges and convicted of a misdemeanour.

In 1996, Lucien Bouchard was sworn in as premier of Quebec. He remained in office until 2001.