2008—Hillary Clinton narrowly wins the New Hampshire primary.
2007—The U.S.S. Newport News, submerged, collides with a Japanese oil tanker near the straits of Hormuz.
2005—The U.S.S. San Francisco, submerged, collides at flank [top] speed with an undersea mountain near Guam. One sailor dies, 98 are injured.
2003—“The war on terror involves Saddam Hussein,” explains George W.[MD] Bush, “because of the nature of Saddam Hussein, the history of Saddam Hussein, and his willingness to terrorize himself.”
1992—At a formal dinner in Japan, Pres. George Herbert [Hoover] Walker Bush turns his head to P.M. K. Miyazawa and vomits in his lap.
1982—The Reagan White House announces a new policy: granting tax-exempt status to racially-segregated colleges. (It lasts 4 days.)
1973—Five employees of President Nixon plead guilty to burglary.
1958—An accident at the Chelyabinsk plutonium plant in the U.S.S.R. kills hundreds.
1956—Indigenous Hoaroanis in Ecuador register their annoyance with missionaries by spearing five to death.
1946—Over 10,000 GIs in Saipan, Guam, and France protest slow re-deployment back to the U.S.
1811—A small group of enslaved black men attack a plantation owner, take up arms, and march for New Orleans; their numbers grow as they go.