Today In History - Eight MLB players indicted in "Black Sox Scandal"

Today In History - Rachel Carson’s "Silent Spring" is published

Today In History - Francis Drake circumnavigates the globe

Today In History - Bill of Rights passes Congress

Today In History - The National Museum of African American History and Culture opens

Today In History - "The Prophet," by Lebanese-American poet-philosopher Kahlil Gibran, is published

Today In History - Atlanta Race Riot of 1906 begins

Today In History - Last baseball game played at historic Yankee Stadium

Today In History - "Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell" is repealed

Today In History - Michael Chabon’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel debuts

Today In History - One million people attend funeral of Mao Zedong

Today In History - Occupy Wall Street begins

Today In History - Suspected Christian spy is murdered

Today In History - Lehman Brothers declares bankruptcy

Today In History - MLB cancels playoffs, World Series

Today In History - Mary Kay launches her namesake company

Today In History - Tea Party protest draws thousands to Washington, D.C.

Today In History - The Christiana Riot

Today In History - CERN Large Hadron Collider is powered up

Today In History - NFL nabs New England Patriots in "Spygate" scandal