1661 – Robert Hooke appointed Curator of Experiments to the Royal Society, England
1941 – Alma Heflin becomes the first female test pilot for commercial aircraft at Piper Corporation, Lock Haven, Pennsylvania
1942 – The SS Robert E. Peary, a Liberty ship built in 4 days and 15.5 hours at Henry J. Kaiser’s Richmond Shipyard #2, is launched, setting a new record
1947 – KPO-AM in San Francisco CA changes call letters to KNBC (now KNBR)
1956 – The largest observed iceberg, 208 by 60 miles, is first sighted
1990 – “The Body Bag Game” – after Eagles coach Buddy Ryan threatens beating Redskins so badly “they’ll have to be carted off in body bags” the Eagles defense score 3 touchdowns winning 28–14, knocking 8 Redskins out of the game
2008 – 42nd Country Music Association Awards: Kenny Chesney, Carrie Underwood and Brad Paisley win
2021 – At least 68 inmates killed in new fighting at Ecuadorean prison, the Litoral Penitentiary, Guayaquil, following earlier violence in September