Facts & Historical Events On This Day.
HBO's Game of Thrones aired the longest battle ever to be shown on screen.
Space welcomed its first tourist from Earth.
The Simpsons aired its 100th television episode on Fox.
Flight attendant Clarabelle 'C.B.' Lansing was blown out of Aloha Airlines Flight 243.
Mohammed Daoud Khan, the President of Afghanistan, was assassinated in a coup.
Boxing Champion Muhammad Ali lost his boxing title after refusing to join the army.
Vice President Richard Nixon started a goodwill tour in South America to show that the US was committed to the region.
After 104 episodes, Adventures of Superman aired its final episode.
The Treaty of San Francisco took effect.
Fascist Italian dictator Benito Mussolini was executed in a small village in Northern Italy.
The Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic was founded.
Billy the Kid escaped from the Lincoln County jail in Mesilla, New Mexico.
Maryland became the 7th state to join the United States of America.
Explorer Captain James Cook arrived at Botany Bay in Australia.
