On this day...
1853-Emperor Napoleon III marries Eugénie Maria de Montijo y de Guzman
1937-2nd of Stalin's purge trials; Pyatakov & 16 others sentenced to death
1944-U.S. invades Majuro, Marshall Islands
1954-Belgium ends trade agreement with USSR
1958 1st 2-way moving sidewalk in service, Dallas TX
1958-House of Lords passes bill allowing women in
1960-CIA oks Lockheed to produce a new U-2 aircraft (Oxcart)
1961-JFK asks for an Alliance for Progress & Peace Corps
1962-U.N. General Assembly censures Portugal (because of Angola)
1965-State funeral of Winston Churchill
1968-Vietcong launch Tet-offensive on US embassy in Saigon
1969-U.S./Canada ISIS 1 launched to study ionosphere
1973-Jury finds Watergate defendants Liddy & McCord guilty on all counts
1974-USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakstan/Semipalatinsk USSR
1977-8th (final) part of "Roots" is most-watched entertainment show ever
1979-Rhodesia agrees to new constitution
1983-Hilbert van Thumb becomes European skating champ
1989-Olympian, Bruce Kimball, is sentenced to 17 years in prison for killing 2 teenagers in a drunk driving accident
1989-5 pharoah sculptures from 1470 BC found at temple of Luxor
1993-100,000n Europeans demonstrate against fascism & racism
1994-Dan Jansen skates world record 500m (35.76)
1995-Car bomb explodes in Algiers, 42 killed/296 injured