1492-Christopher Columbus notes first recorded reference to tobacco
1932-Walt Disney Art School created
1935-Commonwealth of Phillipines inaugurated
1939-Nazis begin mass murder of Warsaw Jews
1939-Social Security Administration approves first unemployment check
1957-U.S. sentences Soviet spy Rudolf Ivanovich Abel to 30 years & $3,000
1978-183 die as Icelandic Airlines DC-8 crashes in Colombo, Sri Lanka
1983-Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus proclaimed
1988-PLO proclaims the State of Palestine, recognizes Israeli existence
1990-President Bush signs the Clear Air Act of 1990
1999-Next transit of Mercury visible in North America