1532 Pizarro seizes the Inca Atahualpa after victory at Cajamarca

1621 Catholics adopt Jan 1 as New Year's, most Protestants don't, confusing chronology for the next century and more

1632 Battle of Lutzen: Gustavus Adolphus's Swedes defeat Wallenstein's Imperials

1776 A Dutch fort at St. Eustatius saluted the US Grand Union flag, worn by USS 'Andrew Doria'

1776 Battle of Fort Washington: The British captured the fort in upper Manhattan from the Patriots after a short siege, c. captured

1778 John Paul Jones writes, "I wish to go in harm's way."

1793 Battle of Wattignies, Day 2: French defeat the Austrians

1796 Battle of Arcola, Day 2: Bonaparte's French v. Austrians

1805 Battle of Hollabrunn: French defeat the Russians1856 Battle of the Canton Barrier Forts: The USN helps the RN reduce the Chinese defenses (forts surrender Nov 20)

1863 Battle of Campbell's Station, TN

1894 Kurdistan: Turks massacre 6,000 Armenians

1902 While hunting, Theodore Roosevelt refused to shoot a captive old bear, leading to the invention of the “Teddy bear”

1918 Hungary secedes from the Hapsburg Empire

1920 Anti-Semitic rioting in Prague culminates in the sacking of the Jewish Rathhuas and the desecration of Torahs

1933 US and USSR establish diplomatic relations

1939 German U-boat torpedoes tanker 'Sliedrecht' near Ireland

1940 The first attack by New York City's "Mad Bomber," George Metesky: Over 16 years until he was caught, he planted 33 bombs, of which 22 exploded, injuring 15 people

1941 US intelligence loses track of Japanese aircraft carriers

1943 Truk: US sub 'Corvina' (SS-226) sunk by Japanese submarine 'I-179'

1947 Brussels: 1,500 protest mild sentences given Nazi war criminals

1950 King Faruk demands the departure of all British troops from Egypt

1982 Maiden voyage of the Space Shuttle 'Columbia'

1989 Jose Simeon Canas University Massacre: Salvadorian gov't troops kill 6 Jesuit priests and two church employees