• On Oct. 19, 1216, England’s King John (younger brother to Richard the Lionhearted) died of dysentery at Newark Castle during a civil war with his barons and was succeeded by his 9-yearold son, Henry III, just over a week later. The boy was crowned with a simple golden band belonging to his mother because the royal crown had been lost.
• On Oct. 20, 1910, the cork-centered baseball, invented and patented by Benjamin F. Shibe, executive director and part owner of the Philadelphia Athletics, made its debut in the World Series between the Athletics and the Chicago Cubs.
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