In 1901 Serbia reactivates diplomatic relations with Montenegro.
In 1912 in the face of ever-increasing German naval power, the British Admiralty decides to recall British warships from the Mediterranean and base them in the North Sea
In 1942 Warsaw Ghetto Jews (300,000) are sent to Treblinka Extermination Camp
In 1944 Soviets set up Polish Committee of National Liberation
In 1952 Poland adopts Communist-imposed Constitution
In 1958 US performs atmospheric nuclear Test at Bikini Island
In 1960 Cuba nationalizes all US-owned sugar factories
In 1963 Emilio Butragueno, Spanish footballer
In 1969 Aretha Franklin arrested for disturbing the peace in Detroit
In 1971 – John Lennon and Yoko Ono spent the second day filming the Imagine promotional film at their home in Tittenhurst Park Ascot, England. Today’s footage included the morning walk on the grounds though the mist and John Lennon singing ‘Imagine’ in the white room on his white piano.
In 1981 Turkish terrorist Mehmet Ali Agca sentenced in a Rome, Italy court to life
In 1987 US began escorting re-flagged Kuwaiti tankers in Persian Gulf
In 1992 Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar escapes prison
In 1994 O.J. Simpson pleads “Absolutely 100% Not Guilty” of murder
In 2011 Norway is the victim of twin terror attacks, the first a bomb blast targeting government buildings in central Oslo, second a massacre at a youth camp on island of Utøya
In 2013 Prince George of Cambridge, son of Prince William and Catherine, Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, England (3rd in line to the English throne), born in London, England
In 2018 US President Donald Trump threatens Iran in an all-caps tweet of “consequences” in response to speech by Iranian President Hassan Rouhani
