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1946 |
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Twenty-eight former Japanese leaders were indicted in Tokyo as war criminals. |
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1997 |
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Staff Sgt. Delmar Simpson, a drill instructor at Aberdeen Proving Ground in Maryland, was convicted of raping six female trainees. He was sentenced to 25 years in prison and was dishonorably discharged. |
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2009 |
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NATO expelled two Russian diplomats from NATO headquarters in Brussels over a spy scandal in Estonia. Russia's Foreign Ministry criticized the expulsions. |
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1864 |
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Theta Xi was founded in Troy, New York. |
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1954 |
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Ernest Borgnine made his network television debut in "Night Visitor" on NBC-TV. |
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1961 |
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ABC’s "Wide World of Sports" premiered. |
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1974 |
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Phil Donahue’s TV show, "Donahue" moved to Chicago, IL. |
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1974 |
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U.S. President Nixon announced he was releasing edited transcripts of secretly made White House tape recordings related to the Watergate scandal. |
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1952 |
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IBM President Thomas J. Watson, Jr., informed his company's stockholders that IBM was building "the most advanced, most flexible high-speed computer in the world." The computer was unveiled April 7, 1953, as the IBM 701 Electronic Data Processing Machine. |
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1941 |
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The Boston Bees agreed to change their name to the Braves. |
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1945 |
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In a bunker in Berlin, Adolf Hitler and Eva Braun were married. Hitler designated Admiral Karl Doenitz his successor. |
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1945 |
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The Nazi death camp, Dachau, was liberated. |
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1985 |
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Billy Martin was brought back, for the fourth time, to the position of manager for the New York Yankees. |
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1992 |
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Exxon executive Sidney Reso was kidnapped outside his Morris Township, NJ, home by Arthur Seale. Seale was a former Exxon security official. Reso died while in captivity. |
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1996 |
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Former CIA Director William Colby was missing and presumed drowned after an apparent boating accident in Maryland. Colby's body was later recovered. |
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1856 |
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A peace treaty was signed between England and Russia. |
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1861 |
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The Maryland House of Delegates voted against seceding from Union. |
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1916 |
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Irish nationalists surrendered to British authorities in Dublin. |
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1924 |
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An open revolt broke out in Santa Clara, Cuba. |
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1984 |
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In California, the Diablo Canyon nuclear reactor went online after a long delay due to protests. |
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1992 |
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Rioting began after a jury decision to acquit four Los Angeles policemen in the Rodney King beating trial. 54 people were killed in 3 days. |
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1852 |
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The first edition of Peter Roget's Thesaurus was published. |
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1988 |
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Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev promised more religious freedom. |
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1879 |
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In Cleveland, OH, electric arc lights were used for the first time. |
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1997 |
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Astronaut Jerry Linenger and cosmonaut Vasily Tsibliyev went on the first U.S.-Russian space walk. |
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1981 |
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Steve Carlton, of the Philadelphia Phillies, became the first left-handed pitcher in the major leagues to get 3,000 career strikeouts. |
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1986 |
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Roger Clemens of the Boston Red Sox set a major-league baseball record by striking out 20 Seattle Mariner batters. |
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1988 |
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The Baltimore Orioles set a new major league baseball record by losing their first 21 games of the season. |
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1813 |
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Rubber was patented by J.F. Hummel. |
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1913 |
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Gideon Sundback patented an all-purpose zipper. |
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1998 |
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Brazil announced a plan to protect a large area of Amazon forest. The area was about the size of Colorado. |
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1990 |
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The destruction of the Berlin Wall began. |
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1994 |
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Israel and the PLO signed an agreement in Paris which granted Palestinians broad authority to set taxes, control trade and regulate banks under self-rule in the Gaza Strip and Jericho. |
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1998 |
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The U.S., Canada and Mexico end tariffs on $1 billion in NAFTA trade. |
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2002 |
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Kelsey Grammer and his production company, Grammnet Inc., were ordered to pay more than $2 million in unpaid commissions to his former talent agency. |
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2003 |
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Mr. T (Laurence Tureaud) filed a lawsuit against Best Buy Co. Inc., that claimed the store did not have permission to use his likeness in a print ad. |
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1289 |
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Qala'un, the Sultan of Egypt, captured Tripoli. |
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1429 |
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Joan of Arc lead Orleans, France, to victory over Britain. |
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1661 |
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The Chinese Ming dynasty occupied Taiwan. |
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1672 |
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King Louis XIV of France invaded the Netherlands. |
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1858 |
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Austrian troops invaded Piedmont. |
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1862 |
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New Orleans fell to Union forces during the Civil War. |
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1918 |
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Germany's Western Front offensive ended in World War I. |
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1945 |
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The German Army in Italy surrendered unconditionally to the Allies. |
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1975 |
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The U.S. embassy in Vietnam was evacuated as North Vietnamese forces fought their way into Saigon. |
