Todays History

The 16 survivors of the Andes flight disaster are rescued after 73 days, surviving by cannibalism.

The Library of Congress in Washington, D.C., burns

The city of Bethlehem passes from Israeli to Palestinian control.

Richard I of England is captured and imprisoned by Leopold V of Austria on his way home to England after the Third Crusade.

Start of the First Indochina War.

The Chadian Civil War begins when rebel groups, allegedly backed by neighbouring Sudan, launch an attack in Adré.

First flight of the Douglas DC-3.

In Rugby Union, The “Match of the Century” is played between Wales and New Zealand at Cardiff Arms Park.

The Leaning Tower of Pisa reopens after 11 years and $27,000,000 spent to stabilize it, without fixing its famous lean.

Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting: Twenty-eight people, including the gunman, are killed in Sandy Hook, Connecticut.