1793 — Execution of the Girondins at Paris, during the Reign of Terror
1864 — Nevada admitted as 36th state
1922 — Benito Mussolini (Il Duce) becomes premier of Italy
1940 — Deadline for Warsaw Jews to move into the Warsaw Ghetto
1950 — Collazo & Torresola attempt to kill Truman in Washington, D.C.
1954 — Algerian Revolution against French begins
1956 — Britain & France begin to bomb Egypt to reopen the Suez Canal
1956 — Brooklyn, NY ends streetcar service
1959 — Lee Harvey Oswald announces in Moscow he will never return to U.S.
1963 — Leaking propane gas explodes, kills 64 at "Holiday on Ice" (Indiana)
1968 — President Johnson orders a halt to all bombing of North Vietnam
1987 — A pair in Coventry, England ties the world record for the longest singles tennis match at 80 hours 21 minutes
1988 — Journalists demand greater press freedom in Yugoslavia