Francisco Franco 1892
- 1812 - Peter Gaillard patented the power mower.
- 1875 - William Marcy Tweed, the democrat "Boss" of New York City's Tammany Hall political organization, escaped from jail and fled from the U.S.
- 1977 - Jean-Bedel Bokassa, ruler of the Central African Empire, crowned himself emperor in a ceremony believed to have cost more than $100 million. He was deposed 2 years later.
- 1979 - For the second time, the United Nations Security Council voted unanimously to urge Iran to free American hostages that had been taken on November 4.
- 1984 - A five-day hijack drama began as four men seized a Kuwaiti airliner en route to Pakistan and forced it to land in Tehran. Two American passengers were killed by the hijackers.
- 1991 - Associated Press correspondent Terry Anderson was released after nearly seven years in captivity in Lebanon.
- 1993 - The Angolan government and its UNITA guerrilla foes formally adopted terms for a truce. The conflict was killing an estimated 1,000 people per day.
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