1936-Anti-Jewish riots break out in Palestine
1948-ABC-TV network begins
1948-Chiang Kai-shek elected president of Nationalist China
1951-"Tree Grows in Brooklyn" opens at Alvin Theater NYC for 267 performances
1956-U.S. actress Grace Kelly marries Monaco's Prince Rainier III (civil ceremony)
1960-Baseball uniforms begin displaying player's names on their backs
1972-Bangladesh becomes a member of British Commonwealth
1978-Yitzhak Navron elected 5th President of Israel
11982-Sally Ride announced as first woman astronaut
1985-16th Space Shuttle Mission (51-D)-Discovery 4 returns to Earth
1987-USSR performs underground nuclear test
1990-Contra guerrillas, leftist Sandinistas & incoming government agree to truce in Nicaragua's civil war
1991-Greyhound Bus posts $195 million loss for 1990
1993-Branch Dividians/FBI 51 day standoff in Waco TX ends with the deaths of 4 FBI Agents and numerous deaths from suicide of the cult members
1993-Fire in psychiatric institute in South Korea, kills 40
1994-Rodney King award $3,800,000 in compensation of police beating
1994 -Supreme Court outlaws excluding people from juries because of gender
1995-Truck bomb outside Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City, kills 168 & injures 500