1945 Milton S. Hershey – US chocolate manufacturer who founded the Hershey Chocolate Company. He died exactly one month after his 88th birthday

Thank you, Milton S. Hershey. My love of chocolate started with your Hershey Bars. I only got them on rare occasions and always on Halloween from a special neighbor.

1982 The International Olympic Committee agreed to restore the Olympic medals US athlete Jim Thorpe had won in 1912. He had been stripped of his medals because he had played semi-pro baseball in 1911

Took them long enough.