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1993 |
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Sheik Omar Abdel Rahman was indicted by a federal grand jury for terrorist activities, one of which was the World Trade Center bombing. |
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1998 |
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A High Court judge sentenced 16 civilians to be hanged for their role in a coup in Sierra Leone in May of 1998. The restored government had treason cases against 40 more civilians and 38 soldiers. |
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1998 |
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Seven Cuban-Americans were indicted by federal grand jury in Puerto Rico on charges of conspiracy to murder Cuban President Fidel Castro. |
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1949 |
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NBC Radio debuted "Father Knows Best." The show went to TV in 1954. |
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1992 |
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It was reported by researchers that cigarette smoking significantly increased the risk of developing cataracts. |
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1997 |
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The tobacco industry agreed to an $11.3 billion settlement with the state of Florida. |
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1941 |
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U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt signed the bill appropriating funds for construction of the Pentagon. |
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1950 |
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U.S. President Truman ordered the seizure of U.S. railroads to avert a strike. |
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1718 |
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Hundreds of colonists from France arrived in Louisiana. Some settled in present-day New Orleans. |
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1875 |
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Captain Matthew Webb swam from Dover, England, to Calais, France making him the first person to swim the English Channel. The feat took about 22 hours. |
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1940 |
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Arno Rudolphi and Ann Hayward were married while suspended in parachutes at the World’s Fair in New York City. |
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1967 |
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American Nazi leader George Lincoln Rockwell was assassinated by a sniper. |
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1985 |
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Samantha Smith was killed with her father in an airplane crash in Maine. Smith was the schoolgirl whose letter to Yuri V. Andropov resulted in her famous peace tour of the Soviet Union. |
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1993 |
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Amy Biehl was killed in South Africa by a mob. |
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1998 |
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A survey released said that 1/3 of Americans use the Internet. |
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1998 |
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Gary Coleman pled innocent to the charge that he hit a woman in a mall after she had sought his autograph. Coleman was working at the mall as a security guard. |
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1825 |
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Uruguay declared independence from Brazil. |
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1921 |
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The U.S. signed a peace treaty with Germany. |
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1944 |
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Paris, France, was liberated by Allied forces ending four years of German occupation. |
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1987 |
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Saudi Arabia denounced the "group of terrorists" that ran the Iranian government. |
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1988 |
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Iran and Iraq began talks in Geneva after ending their eight years of war. |
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1990 |
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Military action was authorized by the United Nations to enforce the trade embargo that had been placed on Iraq after their invasion of Kuwait. |
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1990 |
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Military action was authorized by the United Nations to enforce the trade embargo that had been placed on Iraq after their invasion of Kuwait. |
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1991 |
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Byelorussia declared independence from the Soviet Union. |
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1995 |
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Harry Wu, human rights activist, returned to the United States. He said the spying case against him in China was "all lies." |
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1902 |
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"Al-Hoda" began publication in New York City making it the first Arabic daily newspaper in the U.S. |
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1978 |
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The Turin shroud believed to be the burial cloth of Jesus Christ went on display for the first time in 45 years. |
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1981 |
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The U.S. Voyager 2 sent back pictures and data about Saturn. The craft came within 63,000 miles of the planet. |
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1920 |
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Ethelda Bleibtrey won the 100-meter freestyle swimming competition in Antwerp, Belgium. She was the first woman to win an Olympic competition for the U.S. |
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1946 |
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Ben Hogan won the PGA in Portland, OR. It was his first major golf title. |
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1840 |
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Joseph Gibbons received a patent for the seeding machine. |
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1972 |
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In Great Britain, computerized axial tomography (CAT scan) was introduced. |
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1916 |
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The National Park Service was established as part of the U.S. Department of the Interior. |
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1993 |
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The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed at 3,652.09, an all-time high. |
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1920 |
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The first airplane to fly from New York to Alaska arrived in Nome. |
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1814 |
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The U.S. Library of Congress was destroyed by British forces. |
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1941 |
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Soviet and British troops invaded Iran. This was in reaction to the Shah's refusal to reduce the number of German residents. |
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1941 |
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Allied forces invaded Iran. Within four days the Soviet Union and England controlled Iran. |
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1944 |
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Romania declared war on Germany. |
