1483 – Tomas de Torquemada appointed inquisitor-general of Spain
1959 – “Billy Barnes Revue” closes at John Golden Theater NYC after 87 performances
1967 – USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
1974 – “Don’t Bother Me, I Can’t Cope” closes at Playhouse NYC after 1065 per
1975 – 1st Space Shuttle main engine test at National Space Tech Labs, Miss
1988 – Phillip Morris announces $11 Billion tender offer for Kraft
1988 – Lyndon LaRouche pleads innocent to fraud, conspiracy indictment
1990 – “Jackie Mason – Brand New” opens at Neil Simon Theater, NYC; runs for 216 performances
1991 – News anchor Bree Walker Lampley files an FCC complaint that LA radio KFI-AM personally attacked her by discussing her having a disformed baby
2017 – American short-story writer George Saunders wins the Man Booker Prize for his first novel “Lincoln in the Bardo”