On this day...
1917-41 suffragists are arrested in front of the White House
1918-Independence of Poland proclaimed by Jozef Pilsudski
1919-First observance of National Book Week
1928-Hirohito enthroned as Emperor of Japan
1951-First long distance telephone call without operator assistance
1954-Iwo Jima Memorial (servicemen raising US flag) dedicated in Arlington
1960-Senate passes landmark Civil Rights Bill
1971-U.S. table tennis team arrived in China
1975-PLO leader Yasser Arafat addresses UN in NYC
1975-U.N. General Assembly approves resolution equating Zionism with racism
1980-Dan Rather refuses to pay his cabbie, CBS pays the $12.55 fare
1988 China confirms earthquake death toll will rise above current 938
1988-Orel Hershiser wins NL Cy Young award unanimously
1989-Guerrillas battle with government forces in El Salvador
1989-Germans begin punching holes in the Berlin Wall
1917-41 suffragists are arrested in front of the White House
1918-Independence of Poland proclaimed by Jozef Pilsudski
1919-First observance of National Book Week
1928-Hirohito enthroned as Emperor of Japan
1951-First long distance telephone call without operator assistance
1954-Iwo Jima Memorial (servicemen raising US flag) dedicated in Arlington
1960-Senate passes landmark Civil Rights Bill
1971-U.S. table tennis team arrived in China
1975-PLO leader Yasser Arafat addresses UN in NYC
1975-U.N. General Assembly approves resolution equating Zionism with racism
1980-Dan Rather refuses to pay his cabbie, CBS pays the $12.55 fare
1988 China confirms earthquake death toll will rise above current 938
1988-Orel Hershiser wins NL Cy Young award unanimously
1989-Guerrillas battle with government forces in El Salvador
1989-Germans begin punching holes in the Berlin Wall
