Todays History

First Indochina War: The Battle of V?nh Yên begins.

Deep Impact launches from Cape Canaveral on a Delta II rocket.

First recorded lottery in England.[

Time Warner is formed by the merger of Time Inc. and Warner Communications.

The Vega de Tera dam fails, triggering a disastrous flood that nearly destroys the town of Ribadelago and kills 144 residents

President of the United States George W. Bush signs into law the No Child Left Behind Act.

U.S. President Jimmy Carter authorizes legislation giving $1.5 billion in loans to bail out the Chrysler Corporation

Constantine XI is crowned Byzantine Emperor at Mystras.

The Khmer Rouge proclaim the Constitution of Democratic Kampuchea.

Sputnik 1, the first artificial Earth satellite, launched by the Soviet Union in 1957, falls to Earth from orbit