MORE EVENTS ON THIS DAY

2009: American dancer and actor Patrick Swayze, who was best known for his performances in the box-office hits Dirty Dancing(1987) and Ghost (1990), died in Los Angeles after battling pancreatic cancer. [Sort fact from fiction in our quiz about A-list actors.]

1994: Acting commissioner of baseball Bud Selig announced that the remainder of the 1994 major league baseball season, including the World Series, would be canceled. Players and owners had failed to reach a settlement of the players' strike begun in August. [Test your knowledge of baseball.]

1982: Grace Kelly—an American actress who abandoned her Hollywood career to marry Rainier III, prince de Monaco—died after suffering a stroke and losing control of the car she was driving. [Take our quiz about women in classic cinema.]

1975: Elizabeth Ann Seton, the first American-born saint, was canonized by the Roman Catholic Church. [How much do you know about Christian saints?]

1927: Isadora Duncan, a pioneer of modern expressive dance, died in France when her long scarf became entangled in the rear wheel of the car in which she was riding. [ Take our dance quiz.]

1901: U.S. President William McKinley died eight days after being shot in Buffalo, New York. [Read our list of nine infamous assassins and the world leaders they killed, including William McKinley.]