1541 - Queen Catherine Howard (Henry VIII's fifth wife) confined in Tower of London
1912 - Ottoman garrison surrenders Thessaloniki / Salonika to the Greek army (OS Oct 27)
1922 - Frederick Soddy wins the 1921 Nobel Prize in Chemistry (announced in 1922 due to a technicality)
1953 - Cambodia (aka Kampuchea) gains independence from France, within the French Union
1967 - Surveyor 6 soft lands on Moon
1985 - "News" closes at Helen Hayes Theater NYC after 4 performances
1992 - Prix Goncourt awarded to Patrick Chamoiseau for "Texaco"
1996 - Evander Holyfield upsets Mike Tyson in 11th-round knockout in Las Vegas to regain WBA heavyweight boxing title; second boxer, after Muhammad Ali, to win a heavyweight title 3 times
2004 - 38th Country Music Association Award: Kenny Chesney, Martina McBride and Keith Urban wins
2009 - Joe Cada becomes the youngest champion of the World Series of Poker's main event.
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