1991 South African activist Winnie Mandela convicted of abducting 4 blacks
1989 Approximately 2,000 students begin hunger strike in Tiananmen Square, China
1987 Ajax wins 27th Europe Cup II
1985 Laura Elena Martinez-Herring, 21, (Texas), crowned 34th Miss USA
1983 Reggie Jackson becomes the first major league baseball player to strike out 2,000 times
1982 Braniff Airlines files for bankruptcy
1979 Shah & family sentenced to death in Teheran
1971 Grace Slick of Jefferson Airplane seriously injured in a car accident
1970 The Beatles movie Let It Be premieres today
1970 Beatles movie "Let it Be" premieres
1967 Octagonal boxing ring is tested to avoid corner injuries
1966 Rolling Stones release "Paint it Black"
1966 Federal education funding is denied to 12 school districts in the South because of violations of the 1964 Civil Rights Act ...
1965 Several Arab nations break ties with West Germany after it established diplomatic relations with Israel
1960 The first launch of Delta satellite launching vehicle; it failed
1958 Rioters attack US Vice President Nixon in Venezuala
1954 US performs atmospheric nuclear test at Enwetak
1954 Labour Party wins British municipal elections
1952 Pandit Nehru becomes premier of India
1950 Diner's Club issues its first credit cards
1949 The first British-produced jet bomber, Canberra, makes its first test flight later this type of aricaraft was used in the 198...
1947 Senate approved the Taft-Hartley Act limiting the power of unions
1945 Aircraft from fast carrier task force begin 2-day attack on Kyushu airfields, Japan
1943 German & Italian forces in Africa surrender
1943 Axis forces surrender in Tunisia – end of the North African campaign
1942 US troops replace New Zealanders in Fiji
1941 Willy Lewis' US jazz band performs in Switzerland
1941 Trial against resistance fighter comte d'Estienne d'Orves begins
1940 German breakthrough at Grebbelinie
1940 Dutch Queen Wilhelmina flees to England
1936 Quiroga Government takes office in Spain
1934 Great dustbowl storm
1931 Paul Doumer elected President of France
1917 Ernest Bloch's "Schelomo" premieres
1913 The first 4 engine aircraft built & flown (Igor Sikorsky-Russia)
1912 Royal Flying Corps is established in England
1909 Christian National Labor Workers (CNV) party begins in Netherlands
1908 Navy Nurse Corps established.
1890 Lord Salisbury offers Germany Helgoland in exchange for Zanzibar, Uganda & Equatoria
1882 Toba-Indians killed 20 members of French expedition
1865 South Brownsville TX (Palmito Ranch) Final engagement of Civil War PVT John J Williams of 34th Indiana is last man killed
1864 Atlanta Campaign-Battle of Resaca GA
1861 Queen Victoria announces England's position of neutrality
1835 The first foreign embassy in Hawaii is established
1820 The opera "Die Jäearsbraut" is completed
1787 Arthur Phillip sets sails with 11 ships of criminals to Botany Bay
1779 War of Bavarian Succession ends
1637 Cardinal Richelieu of France creates the table knife
1588 King Henri III flees Paris