On this day...
1861-Lincoln orders blockade of Confederate ports (Civil War)
1932-President Herbert Hoover suggests 5 day work week
1948-Chiang Kai-shek elected President of Nationalist China
1960-Baseball uniforms begin displaying player's names on their backs
1967-U.S. Surveyor III lands on Moon
1971-Sierra Leone becomes a republic (National Day)
1975-India launches first satellite with help of USSR
1993-Branch Dividians/FBI 51 day standoff in Waco TX ends with the deaths of 4 FBI Agents and numerous deaths from suicide of the cult members
1993-Fire in psychiatric institute in South Korea, kills 40
1994-Rodney King award $3,800,000 in compensation of police beating