Todays History

The Soviet ballet dancer Alexander Godunov defects to the United States.

A cease-fire is agreed after almost eight years of the Iran–Iraq War.

First flight of the B-25 Mitchell bomber.

Helium is discovered by the French astronomer Pierre Jules César Janssen

An East German border guards shoots 18-year-old Peter Fechter as he crosses the Berlin Wall into West Berlin.

Battle of Cer begins during World War I

The Woodstock Music and Art Festival starts

Lech Wa??sa leads strikes at the Poland shipyards.

The Battle of Shanghai starts.

The personal computer is released by IBM