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1987 |
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A U.S. Marine was convicted for spying for the first time. Sergeant Clayton Lonetree was giving secrets to the KGB while working as a guard at the U.S. Embassy in Moscow. He served eight years in a military prison. |
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1989 |
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In Columbia, The estates of drug lords were raided in a crackdown that occurred after the killing of a presidential candidate. |
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1986 |
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In Cameroon, a nation in West Africa, toxic gas erupted from a volcanic lake. The gas killed more than 1,700 people. |
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1988 |
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An earthquake on the Nepal-India border killed over 1,000 people. |
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1984 |
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Clint Eastwood was given a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. |
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1992 |
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NBC News fired Authur Kent two weeks after he refused an assignment to war-torn Croatia. |
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1997 |
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Cicely Tyson received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. |
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1998 |
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Wesley Snipes received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. |
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1997 |
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Hudson Foods Inc. closed a plant in Nebraska after it had recalled 25 million pounds of ground beef that was potentially contaminated with E. coli 01557:H7. It was the largest food recall in U.S. history. |
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1923 |
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In Kalamazoo, Michigan, an ordinance was passed forbidding dancers from gazing into the eyes of their partner. |
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1959 |
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Hawaii became the 50th state. U.S. President Eisenhower also issued the order for the 50 star flag. |
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1963 |
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In South Vietnam, martial law was declared. Army troops and police began to crackdown on the Buddhist anti-government protesters. |
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1996 |
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The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 was signed by U.S. President Clinton. The act made it easier to obtain and keep health insurance. |
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1831 |
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Nat Turner, a former slave, led a violent insurrection in Virginia. He was later executed. |
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1878 |
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The American Bar Association was formed by a group of lawyers, judges and law professors in Saratoga, NY. |
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1940 |
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Exiled Communist revolutionary Leon Trotsky died in Mexico City from wounds that had inflicted by an assassin. |
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1992 |
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Randall Weaver, a neo-Nazi leader, opened fire on U.S. marshals from his home in Idaho. Weaver surrendered 11 days later ending the standoff. During the standoff a deputy marshal, Weaver's wife and his son were killed. |
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1995 |
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Nine people died in a plane crash in Georgia. |
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1998 |
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Samuel Bowers, a 73-year-old former Ku Klux Klan leader, was convicted in Hattiesburg, MS, of ordering a firebombing that killed civil rights activist Vernon Dahmer in 1966. |
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1943 |
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Japan evacuated the Aleutian island of Kiaska. Kiaska had been the last North American foothold held by the Japanese. |
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1983 |
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Philippine politician Benigno Simeon Aquino was assassinated as he deplaned in Manila. |
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1991 |
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The hard-line coup against Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev ended. The uprising that led to the collapse was led by Russian federation President Boris Yeltsin. |
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1994 |
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Ernesto Zedillo won the Mexican presidential election. |
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1995 |
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In Jerusalem, Israel, a bus bombing by the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) killed four and wounded more than 100. |
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1997 |
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Afghanistan suspended its embassy operations in the United States. |
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2002 |
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In Pakistan, President Gen. Pervez Musharraf unilaterally amended the Pakistani constitution. He extended his term in office and granted himself powers that included the right to dissolve parliament. |
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2003 |
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In Ghana, businessman Gyude Bryant was selected to oversee the two-year power-sharing accord between Liberia's rebels and the government. The accord was planned to guide the country out of 14 years of civil war. |
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1989 |
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Voyager 2, a U.S. space probe, got close to the Neptune moon called Triton. |
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1993 |
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NASA lost contact with the Mars Observer spacecraft. The fate of the spacecraft was unknown. The mission cost $980 million. |
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1912 |
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Arthur R. Eldred became the first American boy to become an Eagle Scout. It is the highest rank in the Boy Scouts of America. |
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1929 |
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The Chicago Cardinals traveled out of town for training camp. They were the first professional football team to do this. |
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1971 |
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Laura Baugh, at the age of 16, won the United States Women's Amateur Golf tournament. She was the youngest winner in the history of the tournament. |
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1984 |
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Victoria Roche, a reserve outfielder, became the first girl to ever compete in a Little League World Series game.8 |
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1841 |
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A patent for venetian blinds was issued to John Hampton. |
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1888 |
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The adding machine was patented by William Burroughs. |
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1680 |
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The Pueblo Indians drove the Spanish out and took possession of Santa Fe, NM. |
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1945 |
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U.S. President Truman ended the Lend-Lease program that had shipped about $50 billion in aid to America's Allies during World War 2. |
