1579-Treaty of Utrecht signed, marks beginning of Dutch Republic
1924-First Winter Olympic games open in Chamonix, France
1939-Earthquake hits Chillan Chile, 10,000 killed
1945-Grand Rapids MI becomes first U.S. city to fluoridate its water
1945-Japanese occupiers of Batavia arrest Indo-European youths
1951-U.N. begins counter offensive in Korea
1955-Russia ends state of war with Germany
1969-U.S.-North Vietnamese peace talks begin in Paris
1979-22.2-km Oshimizu railroad tunnel holed through, central Honshu, Japan
1979-Pope John Paul II's first overseas trip as supreme pontiff
1983-China's Supreme Court commutes Chiang Ch'ing's death sentence to life
1988-Ramsewak Shankar sworn in as President of Suriname
1993-Puerto Rico adds English as its second official language
1924-First Winter Olympic games open in Chamonix, France
1939-Earthquake hits Chillan Chile, 10,000 killed
1945-Grand Rapids MI becomes first U.S. city to fluoridate its water
1945-Japanese occupiers of Batavia arrest Indo-European youths
1951-U.N. begins counter offensive in Korea
1955-Russia ends state of war with Germany
1969-U.S.-North Vietnamese peace talks begin in Paris
1979-22.2-km Oshimizu railroad tunnel holed through, central Honshu, Japan
1979-Pope John Paul II's first overseas trip as supreme pontiff
1983-China's Supreme Court commutes Chiang Ch'ing's death sentence to life
1988-Ramsewak Shankar sworn in as President of Suriname
1993-Puerto Rico adds English as its second official language
