1919-WWI Peace Congress opens in Versailles, France
1943-Jews in the Warsaw Ghetto begin resistance of Nazis
1951-First use of lie detector in Netherlands
1960-US & Japan sign joint defense treaty
1962-U.S. begins spraying foliage in Vietnam to reveal Viet Cong guerrillas
1964-Beatles 1st appearance in Billboard Chart (I Want to Hold Your Hand-#35)
1974-"The $6 Million Man" starring Lee Majors premieres on ABC TV
1980-Pink Floyd's "The Wall" hits #1
1981-Iran accepts US offer of $7.9 billion in frozen assets
1986-AIDS charity record "That's What Friends are For" hits #1
1990-South Africa says its reconsidering ban on African National Congress
1991-U.S. acknowledges CIA and US Army paid Noriega $320,000 over his career
1991-Longest tennis match at the Australian Open, Boris Becker beats Italy's Omar Camporese in 5 hours & 11 minutes
1993-Martin Luther King Jr. holiday observed in all 50 states for 1st time
1996-Lisa Marie Presley filed for divorce from Michael Jackson in NY