1853-First train in Asia (Bombay to Tanna, 36 km)
1909-Joan of Arc declared a saint
1927-Chiang Kai-shek forms anti-government in China
1942-"Stars & Stripes" paper for U.S. armed forces starts
1955-First Bandung Conference - Afro-Asian conference opens
1964-Geraldine Mock of U.S. becomes first woman to fly solo round the world
1968-Dutch Department of Amnesty International forms
1977-Alex Haley, author of "Roots", awarded Pulitzer Prize
1982-Zimbabwe capital Salisbury renamed Harare
1983-A lone suicide bomber kills 63, at the U.S. Embassy in Lebanon
1983-Pulitzer prize awarded to Alice Walker for "The Color Purple"
1984-Challenger flies back to Kennedy Space Center via Kelly AFB
1990-Supreme Court rules that states could make it a crime to possess or look at child pornography, even in one's home
1994-Former President Richard Nixon suffers a stroke & dies 4 days later
1909-Joan of Arc declared a saint
1927-Chiang Kai-shek forms anti-government in China
1942-"Stars & Stripes" paper for U.S. armed forces starts
1955-First Bandung Conference - Afro-Asian conference opens
1964-Geraldine Mock of U.S. becomes first woman to fly solo round the world
1968-Dutch Department of Amnesty International forms
1977-Alex Haley, author of "Roots", awarded Pulitzer Prize
1982-Zimbabwe capital Salisbury renamed Harare
1983-A lone suicide bomber kills 63, at the U.S. Embassy in Lebanon
1983-Pulitzer prize awarded to Alice Walker for "The Color Purple"
1984-Challenger flies back to Kennedy Space Center via Kelly AFB
1990-Supreme Court rules that states could make it a crime to possess or look at child pornography, even in one's home
1994-Former President Richard Nixon suffers a stroke & dies 4 days later
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