1881 – Vienna’s Ring Theater destroyed by gaslight fire, killing an estimated 384-1000 people
1962 – Attempted coup in British-controlled Brunei
1963 – Pan Am Flight 214 crashes outside Elkton, Maryland with 81 killed
1965 – Abe Burrows’ “Cactus Flower” premieres in NYC
1966 – A terrible New York Yankee trade, Roger Maris for St’ Louis Card’s Charlie Smith
1975 – Radio station 4ZZZ begins transmitting in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia at 105.7 FM; frequency changes to 102.1 FM in 1978
1982 – “Herman Van Veen: All of Him” opens at Ambassador NYC for 6 performances
1988 – Knick’s set NBA record of 11 3-pointers and sink Bucks, 113-109
1990 – Spacecraft Galileo flies by Earth at an altitude of 597 miles (960 km) to use the planet’s gravity to build speed on its way to Jupiter
2004 – Cuzco Declaration is signed in Cuzco, Peru, establishing the Union of South American Nations