1910- Three passenger trains buried at Steven's Pass in Cascade Range: 118 die; Worst snowslide in U.S. history
1945-FDR announces success of Yalta Conference
1954-U.S. explodes 15 megaton hydrogen bomb at Bikini Atoll
1955-Israeli assault on Gaza, kills 48
1962-K-Mart opens
1972-Club of Rome publishes report "Boundaries on the Growth"
1977-Bank of America adopts the name VISA for their credit cards
1977-U.S. extends territorial waters to 200 miles
1985-Pentagon accepts theory that atomic war would cause a nuclear winter
1989-Ben Johnson's coach testifies Johnson began using steroids in 1981
1990-Benin nullifies its constitution
1991-U.S. Embassy in Kuwait officially reopens
1994-Senate rejectes a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution
1995-Belgium ends military conscript