On this day...
1933-Ban on James Joyce' "Ulysses" in U.S., lifted
1941-Dutch & British pilots see Japanese invasion fleet at Singapore
1954-Simone de Beauvoir receives Prix Goncourt
1957-Indonesia begins nationalizing Dutch possessions
1977-South Africa grants Bophuthatswana independence
1982-Bomb attack on Londonderry, North Ireland disco, 17 killed
1985-U.K. joins U.S. Star Wars project
1988-Nelson Mandela is transferred to Victor Vester Prison, Capetown
1989-Worst Canadian mass murder: Marc Lepine kills 14 women at University of Montréal
1995-Michael Jackson collapses will rehearsing for an HBO special