1887 – Construction of the Manchester Ship Canal starts at Eastham.
1918 – Emperor Charles I of Austria abdicates
1925 – Robert A. Millikan announces discovery of cosmic rays
1928 – WGL-AM in Ft Wayne IN begins radio transmissions
1985 – Challenger flies back to Kennedy Space Center via Davis-Monthan Air Force Base
1987 – “Roza” closes at Royale Theater NYC after 12 performances
1993 – Pope John Paul II hospitalized for 2 days for fractured shoulder
2013 – Novak Đoković claims back-to-back ATP World Tour Finals tennis titles with a 6-3, 6-4 win over Spaniard Rafael Nadal in the final in London, England
2014 – The captain of the South Korean ferry which sank in April is found guilty of gross negligence and sentenced to 36 years in prison
2018 – Democratic Republic of Congo announces its worst-ever outbreak of Ebola with 198 deaths