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1900 |
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The U.S. took Wake Island where there was in important cable link between Hawaii and Manila. |
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1977 |
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Double murderer Gary Gilmore became the first to be executed in the U.S. in a decade. The firing squad took place at Utah State Prison. |
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1998 |
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U.S. President Clinton gave his deposition in the Paula Jones sexual harassment lawsuit against him. He was the first U.S. President to testify as a defendant in a criminal or civil lawsuit. |
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1994 |
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The Northridge earthquake rocked Los Angeles, CA, registering a 6.7 on the Richter Scale. At least 61 people were killed and about $20 billion in damage was caused. |
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1995 |
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More than 6,000 people were killed when an earthquake with a magnitude of 7.2 devastated the city of Kobe, Japan. |
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1938 |
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"Stepmother" debuted on CBS radio. |
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1949 |
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"The Goldbergs" debuted on CBS-TV. The program had been on radio since 1931. The TV version lasted for four years. |
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1985 |
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Leonard Nimoy got a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. |
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2001 |
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The director of Palestinian TV, Hisham Miki, was killed at a restaurant when three masked gunmen walked up to his table and shot him more than 10 times. |
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2001 |
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Congo's President Laurent Kabila was shot and killed during a coup attempt. Congolese officials temporarily placed Kabila's son in charge of the government. |
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1934 |
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Ferdinand Porsche submitted a design for a people's car, a "Volkswagen," to the new German Reich government. |
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2000 |
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British pharmaceutical companies Glaxo Wellcome PLC and SmithKline Beecham PLC agreed to a merger that created the world's largest drugmaker. |
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1977 |
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A court in Ireland granted the first divorce in the Roman Catholic country's history. |
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1806 |
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James Madison Randolph, grandson of U.S. President Thomas Jefferson, was the first child born in the White House. |
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1773 |
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Captain Cook's Resolution became the first ship to cross the Antarctic Circle. |
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1912 |
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English explorer Robert Falcon Scott reached the South Pole. Norwegian Roald Amundsen had beaten him there by one month. Scott and his party died during the return trip. |
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1966 |
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A B-52 carrying four H-bombs collided with a refuelling tanker. The bombs were released and eight crewmembers were killed. |
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1377 |
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The Papal See was transferred from Avignon in France back to Rome. |
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1795 |
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The Dudingston Curling Society was organized in Edinburgh, Scotland. |
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1852 |
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The independence of the Transvaal Boers was recognized by Britain. |
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1893 |
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Hawaii's monarchy was overthrown when a group of businessmen and sugar planters forced Queen Liliuokalani to abdicate. |
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1900 |
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Yaqui Indians in Texas proclaimed their independence from Mexico. |
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1900 |
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Mormon Brigham Roberts was denied a seat in the U.S. House of Representatives for his practicing of polygamy. |
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1945 |
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Swedish diplomat Raoul Wallenberg disappeared in Hungary while in Soviet custody. Wallenberg was credited with saving tens of thousands of Jews. |
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1946 |
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The United Nations Security Council held its first meeting. |
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1959 |
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Senegal and the French Sudan joined to form the Federal State of Mali. |
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1961 |
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In his farewell address, U.S. President Eisenhower warned against the rise of "the military-industrial complex." |
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1997 |
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Israel gave over 80% of Hebron to Palestinian rule, but held the remainder where several hundred Jewish settlers lived among 20,000 Palestinians. |
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1562 |
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French Protestants were recognized under the Edict of St. Germain. |
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1916 |
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The Professional Golfers Association was formed in New York City. |
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1871 |
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Andrew S. Hallidie received a patent for a cable car system. |
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1905 |
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Punchboards were patented by a manufacturing firm in Chicago, IL. |
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1928 |
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The fully automatic, film-developing machine was patented by A.M. Josepho. |
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1882 |
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Thomas Edison's exhibit opened the Crystal Palace Exhibition in London. |
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1913 |
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All partner interests in 36 Golden Rule Stores were consolidated and incorporated in Utah into one company. The new corporation was the J.C. Penney Company. |
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2002 |
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It was announced that Microsoft had signed a joint venture agreement to produce software with two partners in China. The two partners were Beijin Centergate Technologies (Holding) Co. and the Stone Group. |
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1945 |
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Soviet and Polish forces liberated Warsaw during World War II. |
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1991 |
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Coalition airstrikes began against Iraq after negotiations failed to get Iraq to retreat from the country of Kuwait. |
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1992 |
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An IRA bomb, placed next to a remote country road in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland, killed seven building workers and injured seven others. |
