1942-Belgian Jews are required by Nazis to wear a Jewish star
1943-First president of a black country to visit U.S. (Edwin Barclay, Liberia)
1943-Jews riot against Germany in Amsterdam
1946-Patent filed in U.S. for H-Bomb
1955-Conservatives win British parliamentary election
1966-Buddhist sets self on fire at US consulate in Hue South-Vietnam
1966 Guyana (formerly British Guiana) declares independence from U.K.
1972-Nixon & Brezhnev signs SALT accord
1977-Movie "Star Wars" debuts
1981-Marine jet crashes on flight deck of USS Nimitz, killing 14
1983-NASA launches Exosat
1987-Great offensive against Tamil-rebellion in Jaffra Sri Lanka
1989-Danish parliament allows legal marriage among homosexuals
1989-U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1990-China People's Republic performs nuclear test at Lop Nor People's Rebublic of China
1993-Long fly ball by Indians' Carlos Martinez bounces off Jose Canseco's head & goes over fence for a homerun
1994-Michael Jackson (35) weds Elvis' daughter Lisa Marie Presley (26)