1. In 1780, British spy John André was captured and arrested in Tarrytown, NY, after attempting to arrange the surrender of West Point to the British during the Revolutionary War.
2. In 1938, Hurricane "Long Island Express" made landfall on Long Island, causing widespread destruction and claiming the lives of over 600 people.
3. In 1953, the United Nations General Assembly officially opened its headquarters in New York City.
4. In 1981, Sandra Day O'Connor became the first woman to serve on the US Supreme Court, after being sworn in as an associate justice.
5. In 2001, the September 11th terrorist attacks occurred, when 19 al-Qaeda terrorists hijacked four commercial airplanes and intentionally crashed them into the World Trade Center, the Pentagon, and a field in Pennsylvania, killing nearly 3,000 people.