Robert Penn Warren 1905
- 1805 - The U.S. Marines attacked and captured the town of Derna in Tripoli.
- 1833 - A patent was granted for first soda fountain.
- 1877 - In the U.S., federal troops were ordered out of New Orleans. This was the end to the North's post-Civil War rule in the South.
- 1961 - U.S. President Kennedy accepted "sole responsibility" following Bay of Pigs invasion of Cuba.
- 1967 - The newest Greek regime banned miniskirts.
- 1989 - Thousands of students began striking in Beijing.
- 1997 - The U.S. Senate ratified the Chemical Weapons Convention. The global treaty banned the development, production, storage and use of chemical weapons.
- 2003 - A U.S. official reported the North Korea had claimed to have nuclear weapons.
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