Maximilien Robespierre 1758 - French revolutionary
- 1527 - German troops began sacking Rome, bringing about the end of the Renaissance.
- 1882 - The U.S. Congress passed the Chinese Exclusion Act. The act barred Chinese immigrants from the U.S. for 10 years.
- 1937 - The German airship Hindenburg crashed and burned in Lakehurst, NJ. Thirty-six people were killed.
- 1941 - Joseph Stalin assumed the Soviet premiership.
- 1960 - U.S. President Eisenhower signed the Civil Rights Act of 1960.
- 1994 - Former Arkansas state worker Paula Jones filed suit against U.S. President Clinton. The case alleged that he had sexually harassed her in 1991.
No comments:
Post a Comment