1991In South Africa, Winnie Mandela is sentenced to six years in prison for her part in the kidnapping and beating of three black youths and the death of a fourth.
1973The U.S. space station Skylab is launched.
1970The Red Army Faction (RAF) begins operation
1969Three companies of the 101st Airborne Division fail to push North Vietnamese forces off Hill 937 in South Vietnam.
1961A bus carrying black and white civil rights activists is bombed and burned in Alabama.
1955The Warsaw Pact is established
1948Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion establishes the State of Israel.
1946Robert Jarvik, American physician.
1944George Lucas, film director and producer (Star Wars).
1942The British Army, in retreat from Burma, reaches India.
1940Holland surrenders to Germany.
1935A plebiscite in the Philippines ratifies an independence agreement.