1921-Race riot in Tusla Okla (21 whites & 60 blacks killed)
1938-Superman Comics launched
1957-First US runner breaks 4 minute mile (Don Bowden) [see 05051956]
1958-Charles de Gaulle becomes premier of France
1959-Constitution of Tunisia promulgated (National Day)
1962-Oscar 2 (ham radio satellite) launched into Earth orbit
1965-Explosion at Fukuoka, Japan kills 237 coal miners
1966-2,400 persons attend White House Conference on Civil Rights
1971-Perth Observatory discovers asteroid #2167 Erin
1980-Ted Turner's Cable News Network begins broadcasting
1984-Weightlifter Alexander Gunyashev of USSR snatches a record 211 kg
1991-Mount Pinatubo (Phillipines) erupts for first time in 600 years