1538 – The first university in the New World, the Universidad Santo Tomás de Aquino, is established on Hispaniola
1612 – Robert Dowland appointed court luitist of King James I
1646 – First Protestant church assembly for American Indians established in Massachusetts
1740 – Ivan VI becomes Tsar of Russia [OS=Oct 17]
1922 – Italian fascists conduct the March on Rome, leading to the assumption of power by Benito Mussolini
1946 – German rocket engineers begin work in USSR
1954 – N Richard Nash’ “Rainmaker” premieres in NYC
1979 – USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
2017 – Twin car bomb attacks in Mogadishu, Somalia, kill at least 27, Islamist militant group al-Shabab claim responsibility
2018 – Political crisis in Sri Lanka after President Sirisena sacks Prime Minister Ranil Wickramasinghe and the cabinet, suspends parliament for two weeks with one man killed in protests