1999
NASA launched the ill-fated Mars Polar Lander (crashed on Mars)
United States
1985
Miners Strike Ends
Great Britain
1979
Death of Conrad Hilton, American hotelier who founded Hilton Hotels
United States
1971
Open University starts
Great Britain
1959
Alaska became the 49th state of the USA
United States
1958
The West Indies Federation was founded .
1933
Death of Wilhelm Cuno, 6th Chancellor of the Weimar Republic, Germany .
Germany
1909
Birth of Victor Borge, Danish-born American comedian, entertainer and pianist, the Clown Prince of Denmark
Denmark
1883
Birth of Clement Attlee, British Prime Minister .
Great Britain
1833
Britain seized control of the Falkland Islands in the South Atlantic .
Great Britain