1867-Peabody Fund forms to promote Black education in South
1904-Russian-Japanese war began
1922-U.S., UK, France, Italy & Japan sign Washington naval arms limitation
1936-Pravda criticizes Shostakovich's ballet "Clear Brook"
1939-Spanish government flees to France
1951-U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site Argonne Atomic Lab (Illinois), to demonstrate lax in security
1952-England replaces King George VI stamp series with Queen Elizabeth II
1959-Fidel Castro is interviewed by Edward R Murrow
1959-U.S. first successful Titan intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM)
1968-Dutch second Chamber condemns U.S. bombing of North Vietnam
1974-U.S .House of Representatives begins determining grounds for impeachment of Nixon
1975 -U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1978-Snowstorm hits New England (54" (137cm))
1979-Supreme court of Lahore affirms death sentence against premier Bhutto
1988-USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakhstan/Semipalitinsk USSR
1990-Ground breaking begins on Baltimore Orioles' new $102 million stadium
1994-Leonid Voloshin triple jumps world record 17.77 meters
1995-Beachboy Brian Wilson wed Melinda Ledbetter