1861 ― President Abraham Lincoln suspends the writ of habeas corpus
1867 ― The opera "Romeo et Juliette" is produced (Paris France)
1937― U.S. Social Security system makes its first benefit payment
1940 ― Himmler orders establishment of Auschwitz Concentration Camp
1960 ― South Korean President Syngman Rhee resigns
1961 ― NASA launches Explorer 11 into Earth orbit to study gamma rays
1962 ― U.S. performs atmospheric nuclear test at Christmas Island
1967 ― U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1972 ― Apollo 16 returns to Earth
1975 ― USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakhstan/Semipalitinsk USSR
1989 ― Beijing students take over Tiananmen Square in China
1989 ― Hurricane in Bangladesh, kills 500
1997 ― Nancy Lopez wins LPGA Chick-fil-A Charity Championship