1953 Armistice signed at Panmunjom brings hostilities in Korea to an end

1953 Armistice signed ending Korean War

1953 The Korean War officially ends with the armistice signing at Panmunjom.

1954 Armistice divides Vietnam into two countries

1955 Austria regains full independence after 4-power occupation

1955 Goethe Link Observatory discovers asteroid #1751 Herget

1960 VP Nixon nominated for pres at Republican convention in Chicago

1962 Mariner 2 launched to Venus; flyby mission

1962 Martin Luther King Jr jailed in Albany Georgia

1964 Betty D, was born this day

1968 Race Riot in Gary Indiana

1969 Pioneer 10 launched

1974 House Judiciary Committee votes 27-11 recommends Nixon impeachment

1976 8.2 Tangshan earthquake kills estimated 240,000 Chinese

1976 Ray Brennan becomes first to, die of "Legionnaire's Disease"

1977 John Lennon is granted a green card for permanent residence in US

1980 Shah Mohammed Reza Pahavala of Iran, dies in Cairo at 60

1981 Ray Harrison dancer (American Song), dies at 64

1982 Dan Seymour actor (We the People, Sing it Again), dies at 67

1982 Indian PM Indira Gandhi first visit to US in almost 11 years

1984 James Mason actor, dies at 75 of a heart attack

1987 John Demjanjuk, accused Nazi "Ivan the Terrible" testifies in Israel

1988 Boston's worst traffic jam in 30 years

1988 Radio Shack announces the Tandy 1000 SL computer

1990 Zsa Zsa Gabor begins a 3 day jail sentence for slapping a cop

1991 Rocker Jani Lane, (Warrant-Cherry Pie) marries model Bobbie Brown

1991 TV Guide publishes it's 2000th edition

1996 One person is killed and more than 100 injured as a pipe bomb explodes at the Atlanta Olympics.

1694 Parliament creates The Bank of England

1953 The Korean war comes to an end, with the signing of the armistice

1985 Milton Obote, the President of Uganda, is overthrown by the military

2007 Two television news helicopters collide in midair while covering a police chase in Phoenix, Arizona, killing both pilots and two photojournalists.

2007 Nikola Radosavljevic shot dead nine people in village Jabukovac in eastern Serbia and wounded two.

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