1935-Brussel's World Expo opens
1956-Heavyweight champion, Rocky Marciano, retires undefeated from boxing
1959-"Today" show goes abroad for the 1st time (Paris France)
1960-South Korean President Syngman Rhee resigns
1961-NASA launches Explorer 11 into Earth orbit to study gamma rays
1963-Cuban premier Fidel Castro arrives in Moscow
1972-Apollo 16 returns to Earth
1978-Accident at nuclear reactor Willow Island, Charleston WV, kills 51
1981-Beatle Ringo Starr marries actress Barbara Bach [Goldbach]
1987-U.S. Justice Department bars Austrian Chancellor Kurt Waldheim from entering U.S., due to his aid of Nazi Germany during WWII
1989-Beijing students take over Tiananmen Square in China
1989-Hurricane in Bangladesh, kills 500
1994-"Inspector Calls" opens at Royale Theater NYC for 454 performances
1994-President Richard Nixon buried in Nixon Library in California
1997-Nancy Lopez wins LPGA Chick-fil-A Charity Championship
1956-Heavyweight champion, Rocky Marciano, retires undefeated from boxing
1959-"Today" show goes abroad for the 1st time (Paris France)
1960-South Korean President Syngman Rhee resigns
1961-NASA launches Explorer 11 into Earth orbit to study gamma rays
1963-Cuban premier Fidel Castro arrives in Moscow
1972-Apollo 16 returns to Earth
1978-Accident at nuclear reactor Willow Island, Charleston WV, kills 51
1981-Beatle Ringo Starr marries actress Barbara Bach [Goldbach]
1987-U.S. Justice Department bars Austrian Chancellor Kurt Waldheim from entering U.S., due to his aid of Nazi Germany during WWII
1989-Beijing students take over Tiananmen Square in China
1989-Hurricane in Bangladesh, kills 500
1994-"Inspector Calls" opens at Royale Theater NYC for 454 performances
1994-President Richard Nixon buried in Nixon Library in California
1997-Nancy Lopez wins LPGA Chick-fil-A Charity Championship
