1776 – Duchess of Kingston found guilty of bigamy
1902 – Russian minister of interior and head of secret police, Sipyengin, is assassinated by the ‘Terror Brigade’ of the Socialist Revolutionaries
1911 – Jack Lawrence Theater (Playhouse) opens at 137 W 48th St NYC
1945 – Pope Pius XII publishes encyclical “Communium Interpretes Dolorum”
1957 – KTVI TV channel 2 in Saint Louis, MO (ABC) begins broadcasting
1986 – US air raids Libya, responding to La Belle disco, Berlin bombing
1987 – “Barbara Cook: A Concert” opens at Ambassador NYC for 13 performances
1997 – Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Charlotte NC on WXRC 95.7 FM
2019 – Aretha Franklin posthumously receives the Pulitzer Prize Special Citation honor, first individual woman to win it since 1930
2020 – South Korea is 1st country to hold a general election under COVID-19, President Moon Jae-in’s ruling Democratic party wins in a landslide