1366 – Comet 55P/1366 U1 (Tempel-Tuttle) approaches within 0.0229 astronomical units of Earth
1912 – Woolwich Foot Tunnel under the Thames river in England opens
1913 – Dictator Victoriano Huerta elected president of Mexico
1957 – USSR fires Defense Minister Marshal Georgy Zhukov
1966 – US aircraft carrier Oriskany catches fire at Gulf on Tonken, 43 die
1969 – WHMA (now WJSU) TV channel 40 in Anniston, AL (CBS) 1st broadcast
2000 – Laurent Gbagbo takes over as president of Côte d’Ivoire following a popular uprising against President Robert Guéï
2015 – “Spectre”, 24th James Bond film, directed by Sam Mendes and starring Daniel Craig premieres in London