On this day...
1110-Crusaders march into Beirut causing a bloodbath
1835-First foreign embassy in Hawaii is established
1846-U.S. declares war on México, 2 months after fighting begins
1927-"Black Friday" on Berlin Stock Exchange
1940-Churchill says "I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears and sweat"
1946-U.S. convicts 58 camp guard of Mauthausen concentration camp to death
1952-Pandit Nehru becomes prime minister of India
1965-Several Arab nations break ties with West Germany after it established diplomatic relations with Israel
1972-115 die in nightclub atop 7-story Sennichi department store (Osaka, Japan)
1981-Pope John Paul II shot, wounded by assailant in St. Peter's Square
1989-Approximately 2,000 students begin hunger strike in Tiananmen Square, China
1991-Apple releases Macintosh System 7.0
1993-CBS' Knots Landing ends 14-year run with 334th show in Netherlands
1995-6.5 earthquake hits Greece