1916-U.S. invades Cuba for third time, this to end corrupt Menocal regime
1930-Mahatma Gandhi starts civil disobedience in India
1944-U.S. resumes bombing Berlin
1946-First helicopter licensed for commercial use (New York, N.Y.)
1958-William Faulkner says U.S. schools degenerated to become babysitters
1968-Students demonstrate in Warsaw
1974-Charles de Gaulle Airport opens in Paris,France
1976-1,774 kg (largest observed) stony meteorite falls in Jilin, China
1979-China withdraws invasion troops from Vietnam
1983-President Reagan calls the USSR an "Evil Empire"
1986-Martina Navratilova is 1st tennis player to earn $10 million
1991-U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1994-Defense Department announces smoking ban in workplaces
1995-Costis Stephanopoulos becomes President of Greece