1633: Condemned by the pope, Galileo officially recants his opinion that the Earth moves around the sun
1847: Though fried doughs have been around for centuries, this may be the day the doughnut is invented … or maybe not
1907: In Paris, Chinese anarchists begin publishing a weekly called Hsin Shih-chi (New Century)
1944: President Franklin Roosevelt signs into law the Servicemembers’ Readjustment Act of 1944 (“GI Bill of Rights”)
1947: Octavia Butler is born [devil girl] [amnesty]
1958: Bruce Campbell is born [shut up] [vids: hand groovy unexpurgated]
1981: Mark Chapman pleads guilty to the murder of John Lennon, saying God told him to do it