1216-French crown prince Louis enters England
1881-U.S. Nation Lawn Tennis Association is formed
1922-Pulitzer prize awarded to Eugene O'Neill (Anna Christie)
1945-German war criminal Heinrich Himmler captured
1956-Jordan government of Said el-Mufti forms
1964-U.S. begin intelligence flights above Laos
1969-Robert Kennedy's murderer Sirhan Sirhan sentenced to death
1978-118 Unification church couples wed in England
1979-Elton John becomes first western rocker to perform live in the USSR
1980-"Empire Strikes Back" premeires
1981-François Mitterrand becomes President of France
1986-U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1987 Military coup in Fiji Islands under Lieutenant Colonel Sitivani Rabuka
1992-China People's Republic performs nuclear test at Lop Nor People's Rebublic of China
1993-Opposition leader Xanana Gusmao of East-Timor sentenced to life
1994-South Yemen secedes from Yemen
1994-Sushmita Sen, 18, of India, crowned 43rd Miss Universe