1913-Billboard publishes earliest known "Last Week's 10 Best Sellers
among Popular Songs" Malinda's Wedding Day is No. 1
1941-British PM Winston Churchill launched his "V for Victory" campaign
1957-First rocket with nuclear warhead fired, Yucca Flat, Nevada
1961-First in-flight movie shown (TWA)
1967-Race riots in Durham NC
1979-Nicaragua Liberation Day; Sandinistas take over from Somoza
1980-22nd modern Olympic games opens in Moscow; U.S. and others boycott
1982-David S. Dodge becomes the 1st American hostage in Lebanon
1984-Geraldine A Ferraro, (Rep-D-NY), won Democratic VP nomination
1989-United flight 232 crashes in Iowa
1990-Richard Nixon library opens in Yorba Linda, Calif.