1501-Cesare Borgia returns in triumph to Rome from Romagna
1584-Bohemia adopts the Gregorian calendar
1929-Popeye makes first appearance, in comic strip "Thimble Theatre"
1944-Corvette Violet sinks U-641 in Atlantic Ocean
1946-United Nations Security Council holds its first meeting
1951-China refuses cease-fire in Korea
1957-9-county commission recommends creation of BART
1966-USAF B-52 carrying 4 unarmed hydrogen bombs crashes on Spanish coast at Palomares, 7 die
1976-Hermes rocket launched by European Space Agency
1977-Zaire President Mobutu visits Belgium
1979-Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi flees Iran
1983-Nigeria expels 2 million illegal aliens, mostly Ghanaians
1987-President Reagan signs secret order permitting covert sale of arms to Iran
1989-Victoria Murden & Shirley Metz are first women to reach South Pole overland (on skis)
199-Iraq fires 8 SCUD missiles on Israel - first U,S, pilot shot down (Jeffrey Zahn)
1995-7.2 earthquake destroys Kobe Japan (5,372 die)
1995-Los Angeles Rams announce that they are moving to St. Louis
1997-NBA suspends Dennis Rodman indefinitely/$25,000 for kicking cameraman
1998-President Clinton faces sexual harassment charges from Paula Jones