1904-Andrew Carnegie establishes Carnegie Hero Fund
1930-Mohandas Gandhi begins 200 mile (321 km) march protesting British salt tax
1945-New York is 1st to prohibit discrimination by race & creed in employment
1945 The British Empire celebrates its 1st British Empire Day
1945-USSR returns Transylvania to Romania
1959-U.S. House joins Senate approving Hawaii statehood
1964-Malcolm X resigns from Nation of Islam
1971-Syrian premier Hafez Assad elected President
1975-Vietcong conquer Ban me Thuot South Vietnam
1977-Egypt's Anwar Sadat pledges to regain Arab territory from Israel
1982-PLO chief Yassar Arafat appears on "Nightline"
1985-Larry Bird scores Boston Celtic record 60 points
1987-USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakhstan/Semipalitinsk USSR
1989-Two cyanide-contaminated Chilean grapes found (Philadelphia)
1993-317 killed by bomb attacks in Bombay
1994-Church of England ordains First 33 women priests
1995-Letitia Vriesde runs South America indoor record 800 meter (2 :0.35)