1991

According to History.com, Queen Elizabeth II becomes 1st British monarch to address US congress

1990

According to History.com, Eugene Stoner and Mikhail Kalashnikov, the creators of the M16 rifle and the AK-47 rifle respectively, meet in Washington, D.C.

1989

According to On this Day, Soviet president Mikhail Gorbachev and Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping meet in Beijing and formally end a 30-year rift

1986

 According to The Fact Site, Bobby Ewing (Patrick Duffy) comes back from the dead on TV show “Dallas”

1983

 According to The Fact Site, Chinese American architect I. M. Pei is awarded the Pritzker Architecture Prize in New York

1980

 According to The Fact Site, Brian May of rock band Queen collapses on stage with hepatitis

1957

According to On this Day, Pope Pius XII publishes encyclical Invicti Athletae

1868

According to On this Day, US Senate fails to impeach President Andrew Johnson by one vote

1568

According to History.com, Defeated at the Battle of Langside, Mary Queen of Scots flees to England in the hope Elizabeth I will help her regain her throne who instead detains her at Carlisle Castle