1427-Jews are expelled from Berne Switzerland

1787-Parliament impeaches Warren Hastings

1906-Russia's Duma (Parliament) meets for first time

1940-Winston Churchill succeeds Neville Chamberlain as British PM

1960-U.S. atomic sub USS Triton completes first circumnavigation of globe under water

1968-Vietnam peace talks began in Paris between the U.S. & North Vietnam

1969-U.S. troops begin attack on Hill 937/Hamburger Hill

1972-Overloaded South Korean bus plunges into reservoir, killing 77

1979-Federated States of Micronesia becomes self-governing

1983-Lee Chin-yong performs 170 continuous chin-ups in Seoul

1990-French TGV-train hits record speed of 510.6 kph

1994-Nelson Mandela sworn in as South Africa's first black president

1994-Silvio Berlusconi forms Italian Government with 5 neo-fascists

1995-Britain lifts a 23-year ban on ministerial talks with Sinn Fein