A hotline is established between the Soviet Union and the United States after the Cuban Missile Crisis.

Winston Churchill gives his “Finest Hour” speech.

Five White House staffers are arrested for burglarizing the offices of the Democratic National Committee, in an attempt by some members of the Republican party…

Great Siege of Gibraltar: Spain declares war on Great Britain

Benjamin Franklin experiments proves that lightning is electricity.

The New York Times starts publishing the Pentagon Papers.

The “Son of Sam” killer (David Berkowitz), is jail for 365 years for six killings.

A Buddhist monk, Thich Quang Duc, burns himself with gasoline in Saigon to protest the lack of religious freedom in South Vietnam.