1920-U.S. President Wilson makes Communist Labor Party illegal
1926-Sinclair Lewis refuses his Pulitzer Prize for "Arrowsmith"
1932-Japan & China sign a peace treaty
1936-Italian troops occupy Addis Ababa
1944-Gandhi freed from prison
1950-Phumiphon Abundet crowned as king Rama IX of Thailand
1956-World championships of judo are first held, in Tokyo
1962-"West Side Story" soundtrack album goes to #1 & stays #1 for 54 weeks which is more than 20 weeks longer than any other album
1965-First large-scale U.S. Army ground units arrive in South Vietnam
1979-Voyager 1 passes Jupiter
1980-Siege at Iranian Embassy in London ends; British commandos & police stormed the building
1994-Labour beats Conservatives in British local elections
1994-North-Yemen air force bombs Aden South Yemen