Charges brought against the CIA for domestic spying, 1974
Soviet Union disbanded, 1991
Six week Nevada divorces upheld by the Supreme Court, 1942
Apollo 8 (US) launched, 1968
First crossword puzzle appeared (New York Sunday World), 1913
Giovanni Boccaccio died, 1375
“Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs” opened (Los Angeles), 1937
William Lundigan, actor, died, 1975
James Parkinson, English physician and paleontologist, died, 1824
General George Smith Patton Jr died, 1945
Pan Am flight exploded over Lockerbie, Scotland (270 killed), 1988
First Swedish colony to America authorized, 1624
Union forces under General Sherman captured Savannah, Georgia, 1864
First Ivory soap ad (“The Independent”), 1881
Phileas Fogg completed his trip around the world in less than 80 days, 1872
Space endurance record of 365 days set (USSR), 1988
Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald, novelist (“The Great Gatsby”), died, 1940
First Pilgrims landed in Plymouth, Massachusetts, 1620