2019
According to On this Day, Prototype of new high-speed train that will float above the track, capable of traveling 600 km an hour (370 mph), unveiled by Chinese Railway Rolling Stock Corporation in Qingdao
2017
According to The Fact Site, US President Donald Trump meets Pope Francis at the Vatican
2014
According to The Fact Site, “Pauline” a chamber opera by Margaret Atwood and Tobin Stokes premieres at the York Theatre in Vancouver
2000
According to On this Day, Eminem releases 3rd studio album “The Marshall Mathers LP”, is fastest ever selling studio album
1992
According to On this Day, US President George H. W. Bush orders Coast Guard to intercept boats with Haitian refugees
1985
According to History.com, President Ronald Reagan awards Jimmy Stewart the Presidential Medal of Freedom and promotes him to Major General on the Retired List
1981
According to History.com, Peter Sutcliffe is convicted for the “Yorkshsire Ripper” murders of 13 women at the Old Bailey in London and sentenced to life sentences for each
1960
According to History.com, Israel announces capture of Nazi Adolf Eichmann in
Argentina
1934
According to The Fact Site, American outlaws Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow – Bonnie and Clyde, are killed by police in an ambush near Sailes, Louisiana
1922
According to On this Day, Walt Disney incorporates his 1st film company Laugh-O-Gram Films
1788
According to History.com
South Carolina becomes 8th state to ratify US constitution
1706
According to On this Day, Battle of Ramillies during War of the Spanish Succession, John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough defeats French and 17,000 killed
