From the ArcaMax Publishing, History & Quotes Newsletter:
http://www.arcamax.com/news/quotes/s-565664-404821
In 1812, Napoleon's army entered Russia.
In 1901, Pablo Picasso's artwork was given its first exhibition, in
Paris.
In 1948, Soviet forces blockaded the western zones of Berlin, setting
the stage for the Berlin airlift to support the 2 million people of
the divided German city.
In 1975, an Eastern Airlines Boeing 727 en route from New Orleans
crashed at New York's Kennedy International airport, killing 114
people.
In 1986, actress Raquel Welch won a $10.8 million verdict against MGM,
which she claimed ruined her career by firing her from the 1980 movie
"Cannery Row."
In 1987, comedian/actor Jackie Gleason died at the age of 71.
In 1991, on the eve of the 41st anniversary of the start of the Korean
War, the U.S. and North Korea agreed on returning the remains of
missing soldiers; 11 sets of remains were shipped.
In 1992, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that health warnings on
cigarette packs don't necessarily exempt tobacco companies from false
advertising lawsuits if they continue to tell consumers that smoking
is safe.
In 1993, Kurdish militants, seeking to call attention to their
nine-year struggle to form an independent Kurdish state, attacked
Turkish diplomatic missions and businesses in more than two-dozen
European cities.
In 2002, U.S. President George W. Bush said publicly for the first
time that the United States wouldn't support a Palestinian state so
long as Yasser Arafat was in command.
In 2003, author Leon Uris, who wrote "Exodus," the story of the
struggle to establish and defend the state of Israel, and other famous
novels, died at age 78.
In 2004, more than 100 people died in a series of apparently
well-coordinated insurgency attacks on five cities in Iraq.
In 2005, the U.S. Department of Agriculture reported the nation's
second confirmed case of mad cow disease.
In 2006, California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger rejected a White House
request to send another 1,500 National Guard troops to the U.S.-Mexico
border to protect against illegal immigration. The state earlier had
agreed to send 1,000 troops to the border.
In 2007, the former aide to the late Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein
known as "Chemical Ali" was sentenced to be executed for crimes
against humanity. Ali Hassan al-Majid earned his nickname for the
poisonous gas and chemicals used against Kurds.
Also in 2007, at least 200 people killed by gale-force winds and rain
in the coastal city of Karachi in southern Pakistan.
In 2008, a survivor of a Philippines ferry that capsized in a typhoon
told authorities the captain's order to abandon ship came too late to
help many of the 849 passengers and crew. Philippines officials said
57 passengers were found alive in the three days following the storm.