On this date

In 1934,

Babe Ruth made his farewell appearance as a player with the New York Yankees in a game against the Boston Red Sox. (The Red Sox won, 5-0.)

In 1955,

President Dwight D. Eisenhower suffered a heart attack while on vacation in Denver.

In 1968,

the TV news magazine “60 Minutes” premiered on CBS.

In 1976, former hostage Patricia Hearst was sentenced to seven years in prison for her part in a 1974 bank robbery in San Francisco carried out by the Symbionese Liberation Army. (Hearst was released after 22 months after receiving clemency from President Jimmy Carter.)

In 1991,

children’s author Theodor Seuss Geisel, better known as Dr. Seuss, died in La Jolla, California, at age 87.

In 1996,

the United States and 70 other countries became the first to sign a treaty at the United Nations to end all testing and development of nuclear weapons. (The Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty has yet to go into effect because eight nations — including the U.S. — have refused to ratify it.)

In 2007,

United Auto Workers walked off the job at General Motors plants in the first nationwide strike during auto contract negotiations since 1976; a tentative pact ended the walkout two days later.

Ten years ago:

Officials reopened Galveston, Texas, to residents who were warned about Hurricane Ike’s debris and disruption of utilities.

Five years ago:

Kenya’s president proclaimed victory over the terrorists who had stormed a Nairobi mall following a four-day siege in which dozens of civilians were killed.

One year ago:

More than 200 NFL players kneeled or sat during the national anthem after President Donald Trump criticized the players’ protests in a speech and a series of tweets.