Today:
1. 1927: Charles Lindbergh completes the first solo nonstop transatlantic flight, landing in Paris.
2. 1881: The American Red Cross is established by Clara Barton.
3. 1932: Amelia Earhart becomes the first woman to fly solo nonstop across the Atlantic.
4. 1966: The Ulster Volunteer Force declares war on the Irish Republican Army in Northern Ireland.
5. 1991: Former Indian Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi is assassinated by a suicide bomber in Tamil Nadu.
6. 1998: Indonesia’s President Suharto resigns after 31 years in power.
7. 2005: Kingda Ka, the world’s tallest and fastest roller coaster, opens at Six Flags Great Adventure.
8. 2006: The Republic of Montenegro votes to declare independence from the State Union of Serbia and Montenegro.
9. 2017: Former CIA Director John Brennan testifies before the House Intelligence Committee on Russia’s interference in the 2016 US presidential election.
10. 1991: Mengistu Haile Mariam, the President of Ethiopia, is overthrown by the Ethiopian People’s Revolutionary Democratic Front.