1985: British Airtours Flight 28M suffers an engine fire during takeoff at Manchester Airport. The pilots abort but due to inefficient evacuation procedures 55 people are killed, mostly from smoke inhalation.
1978: The District of Columbia Voting Rights Amendment is passed by the U.S. Congress. The proposed amendment would have provided the District of Columbia with full voting representation in the Congress, the Electoral College, and regarding amending the U.S. Constitution. The proposed amendment failed to be ratified by enough states (ratified by 16, needed 38) and so did not become part of the Constitution.
1973: The Congress of Chile votes in favour of a resolution condemning President Salvador Allende's government and demands that he resign or else be unseated through force and new elections.
1972: Rhodesia is expelled by the IOC for its racist policies.
1971: J. Edgar Hoover and John Mitchell announce the arrest of 20 of the Camden 28.
1914: German troops execute 384 inhabitants of Tamines, Belgium.
1910: Korea is annexed by Japan with the signing of the Japan-Korea Treaty of 1910, beginning a period of Japanese rule of Korea that lasted until the end of World War II.
1902: Theodore Roosevelt becomes the first President of the United States to make a public appearance in an automobile.