1862-Lincoln removes McClellen as general-in-chief & makes him head of Army of the Potomac. Gen Henry Halleck is named general-in-chief
1917-British troops occupy Baghdad
1954-U.S. Army charges Senator Joseph McCarthy used undue pressure tactics
1974-Mount Etna in Sicily erupts
1977-34 Israelis killed by Palestinians on the Tel Aviv-Haifa highway
1977-Muslims hold 130 hostages in Washington, D.C.
1982-Menachem Begin & Anwar Sadat sign peace treaty in Washington, D.C
1985-Mikhail S Gorbachev replaces Konstantin Chernenko as Soviet leader
1986-NFL adopts instant replay rule
1995 -President Nazarbajev disbands Kazakhstan parliament
1995-Sinn Fein party leader, Gerry Adams, arrives in U.S.
1995-Yolanda Chen hop-skip-jumps world indoor record 15.03 meter
1997-Beatle Paul McCartney knighted Sir Paul by Queen Elizabeth II