1905-Japanese fleet destroys Russian East Sea fleet in Straits of Tushima
1923-Henry Kissinger, U.S. Secretary of State (1973-77) and Nobel Peace Prize winner (1973) is born
1933-Walt Disney's "3 Little Pigs" released
1942-Hitler orders 10,000 Czechoslovakians murdered
1960-Military coup overthrows democratic government of Turkey
1961-President Kennedy announces US goal to reach the Moon
1968-Nuclear submarine Scorpion is lost
1969-Walt Disney World construction begins
1977-2 Boeing 747s by Pan Am & KLM collide in Canary Islands, killing 582
1985-Britain agrees to return Hong Kong to China in 1997
1994-Larry King ended his radio show
1997-1st all female (20 British women) team reaches North Pole
1997-Russian President Boris Yeltsin signs a historic treaty with NATO