1575 – Polish Parliament selects Istvan Bathory as king of Poland
1702 – The Forty-seven Ronin (leaderless samurai), under the command of Ōishi Kuranosuke, avenge the death of their master in Japan
1977 – Test Cricket debut of Pakistan spin bowling great Abdul Qadir v England in 1st Test at Lahore
1983 – Biographical drama film “Silkwood”, directed by Mike Nichols, and starring Meryl Streep, Kurt Russell, and Cher premieres
1984 – Sportscaster Howard Cosell retires from Monday Night Football
1993 – Muslim fundamentalists murder 12 Croats and Bosnians in Algeria
1997 – Revival of Arthur Miller’s dramatic play “A View From the Bridge”, starring Anthony LaPaglia, Allison Janney, and Brittany Murphy. opens at the Criterion Theater, NYC; runs for 239 performance, wins 2 Tony and 4 Drama Desk Awards
2017 – The Walt Disney Company buys most of 21st Century Fox for $52.4 billion