On this day...
1884-Ringling Brothers circus premieres
1929-General Feng Yu-xiang of China declares war on Chiang Kai-shek Government
1934-Military coup by Colonel Damian Veltsjev in Bulgaria
1939-Churchill signs British-Russian anti-Nazi pact
1943-Berlin is declared "Judenrien" (free of Jews)
1951-U.N. begins counter offensive in Korea
1960-Belgian parliament requires rest day for self employed
1967-U.S. bombs Hanoi
1967-USSR ratifies treaty with England & US banning nuclear weapons in space
1982-Sophia Loren jailed in Naples for tax evasion
1994-Omar Sharif suffers a mild heart attack
1994-Tennis star Jennifer Capriati (18), checks into a drug rehab center
1995-World's youngest doctor, Balamurali Ambati, 17, graduates Mount Sinai