EVENTS
- 1917 – Germany bombs London.
- 1920 – The US Postal Service rules that children may not be sent by mail.
- 1950 – South Africa implements the Group Areas Act. The law assigned geographically separate residential and business areas for different racial groups, forcing non-whites from the most developed areas. It was a major pillar of the apartheid system of racial segregation and oppression.
- 1966 – The U.S. Supreme Court ruled (5-4) in the case of Miranda v. Arizona that an accused person must be apprised of certain rights before police questioning including the right to remain silent, the right to know that anything said can be used against the individual in court, and the right to have a defense attorney present during interrogation. American police officers now routinely read prisoners their ‘Miranda’ (constitutional) rights before questioning.
- 1971 – The New York Times began publishing the Pentagon Papers, a collection of top secret documents exposing U.S. strategy in the Vietnam War.
Pentagon Papers - 1983 – Pioneer 10 is the first manmade object to leave the solar system.
- 2000 – The leaders of South Korea and North Korea meet in an historic summit. The talks were initiated by then President of South Korea, Kim Dae-jung. For the implementation of his “Sunshine Policy”, he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2000.
- 2002 – The United States withdraw from the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty. The ABM Treaty was signed in 1972 by the Soviet Union and the United States. It regulated the establishment of anti-ballistic missile shields against nuclear missiles. Critics bemoaned the treaty’s termination for its potential negative effect on nuclear proliferation.
- 2005 – The movie “Rugrats Go Wild” is released.
BIRTHDAYS
- 1584 – Miyamoto Musashi (Japanese Samurai warrior)
- 1786 – American Army General Winfield Scott (1786-1866) was born in Petersburg, Virginia
- 1865 – William Butler Yeats (Poet)
- 1884 – Gerald Gardner (English occultist)
- 1888 – Fernando Pessoa (Portuguese poet)
- 1897 – Paavo Nurmi (Finnish runner)
- 1944 – Ban Ki-Moon (South Korean diplomat, 8th Secretary-General of the United Nations)
Ban Ki-Moon - 1953 – Tim Allen (Actor)
- 1962 – Ally Sheedy (Actress)
- 1981 – Chris Evans (Actor)
- 1986 – Mary Kate and Ashely Olsen (Actress)
DEATHS
- 1645 – Miyamoto Musashi (Japanese swordsman, author)
- 1886 – Ludwig II of Bavaria
Ludwig II of Bavaria - 1918 – Grand Duke Michael Alexandrovich of Russia
- 1979 – Demetrio Stratos (Egyptian/Italian singer-songwriter)
- 2006 – Charles Haughey (Irish politician, 7th Prime Minister of Ireland)
