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Lead Story
- 1919 Prohibition takes effect
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American Revolution
- 1780 British demonstrate naval supremacy in The Moonlight Battle
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Automotive
- 1997 Entertainer Bill Cosby’s son murdered along CA interstate
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Civil War
- 1861 Crittenden Compromise is killed in Senate
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Cold War
- 1990 Soviets send troops into Azerbaijan
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Crime
- 1936 The Moon Maniac
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Disaster
- 1995 Avalanches bury buses in Kashmir
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General Interest
- 1979 Shah flees Iran
- 1991 The Persian Gulf War begins
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Hollywood
- 1942 Carole Lombard killed in plane crash
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Literary
- 2013 Pauline Phillips, the original Dear Abby, dies at 94
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Music
- 1938 Benny Goodman brings jazz to Carnegie Hall
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Old West
- 1847 Fremont appointed Governor of California
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Presidential
- 1991 Bush waits for deadline in Iraq
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Sports
- 1970 Curt Flood files historic lawsuit against Major League Baseball
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Vietnam War
- 1964 Johnson approves Oplan 34A
- 1969 Agreement to open peace talks reached
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World War I
- 1916 Montenegro capitulates to Austro-Hungarian forces
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World War II
- 1945 Hitler descends into his bunker
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