Spain gives up on the Western Sahara

The Soviet Union finishes developing the AK 47 assault rifles

The Soviet ship Chervona Ukraina is sunk during the Battle of Sevastopol.

The Shrine of Remembrance in Melbourne, Australia is opened.

The Berlin Wall begins to be taken down.

A storm in the Great Lakes region destroys 19 ships and kills more than 250.

The Wilmington Insurrection is only instance of an attempted coup in American history.

Magic Johnson announces that he has been infected with HIV and then retires from the National Basketball Association.

The Kelly Barnes Dam in Toccoa, Georgia, fails. 39 people are killed.

The Vatican is bombed during World War II.