1901 | | A great fire ravages Montreal, resulting in $2.5 million in property lost. |
1913 | | The "Young Turks" revolt because they are angered by the concessions made at the London peace talks. |
1932 | | Franklin D. Roosevelt enters the presidential race. |
1948 | |
The Soviets refuse UN entry into North Korea
to administer elections. |
1949 | | The Communist Chinese forces begin their advance on Nanking. |
1950 | | Jerusalem becomes the official capital of Israel. |
1951 | | President Truman creates the Commission on Internal Security and Individual Rights, to monitor the anti-Communist campaign. |
1969 | | NASA unveils moon-landing craft. |
1973 | | President Richard Nixon claims that Vietnam peace has been reached in Paris and that the POWs would be home in 60 days. |
1977 | | Alex Haley's Roots begins a record-breaking eight-night broadcast on ABC. |
1981 | | Under international pressure, opposition leader Kim Dae Jung's death sentence is commuted to life imprisonment in Seoul. |
1986 | | U.S. begins maneuvers off the Libyan coast. |
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