1736-Abdication of Stanislas, last king of Poland
1823-President Monroe appoints first U.S. ambassadors to South America
1926-U.S. Senate agrees to join World Court
1941-Peruvian agent Rivera-Schreiber warns of Japanese assault on Pearl Harbor
1943-First U.S. air attack on Germany (Wilhelmshafen)
1945-Russia liberates Auschwitz & Birkenau Concentration Camp (Poland)
1948-First tape recorder sold
1973-U.S. & Vietnam sign cease-fire, ending longest U.S. war & military draft
1992-Mike Tyson goes on trial for rape (he is found guilty)
1996-Germany celebrates its first Holocaust Remembrance Day
1998-Crane crashes into Roosevelt Is (New York City NY) Tram, injuring 10
1998-WNBA begins filling rosters of Washington Mystics & Detroit Shock