1882-U.S. Senate ratifies treaty establishing the Red Cross
1935-Hitler orders German rearmament, violating Versailles Treaty
1945-U.S. defeats Japan at Iwo Jima
1959-Iraq & USSR sign economic/technical treaty
1962-U.S. Super-Constellation disappears above Pacific Ocean, kills 167
1968-My Lai massacre occurs (Vietnam War); 450 die
1977-U.S. President Carter pleads for Palestinian homeland
1978-Red Brigade kidnaps former premier Aldo Moro in Italy, 5 killed
1978-US Senate accepts Panama Canal treaty
1984-Gunmen kidnap William Buckley, CIA station chief in Beirut
1984-South-Africa & Mozambique sign non attack treaty
1985-Associated Press correspondent Terry Anderson taken hostage in Beirut
1988-U.S. sends 3000 soldiers to Nicaragua's neighbor Honduras
1994-Moravcik forms Slovakia government
1994-Tonya Harding pleads guilty to felony attack on Nancy Kerrigan