1900-U.S. currency goes on gold standard
1913-John D. Rockefeller gives $100 million to Rockefeller Foundation
1951-During Korean War, U.S./U.N. forces recapture Seoul
1953 -Nikita Khrushchev succeeds Malenkov as Secretary of Communist Party
1962-Disarmament conference opens in Geneva without France
1967-JFK's body moved from temporary grave to a permanent memorial
1971-The Rolling Stones leave England for France to escape taxes
1980-Polish airliner crash kills all 87 aboard (22 are U.S. amateur boxers)
1983-OPEC cut oil prices for first time in 23 years
1990-Mikhail S. Gorbachev becomes president of the Soviet Congress
1991-Emir of Kuwait returns to Kuwait City, after the Iraqis leave
1992-Soviet newspaper "Pravda" suspends publication
1993-3,000th performance of "Nunsense"
1994-Mexican banker/billionaire Alfredo Harp Helu kidnapped
1997-Iranian military plane crashes, killing 80