| 1954: The Viet Minh launch an assault against the French Colonial Forces at Dien Bien Phu. |
| 1964: A Dallas jury finds Jack Ruby guilty of the murder of assassin Lee Harvey Oswald. |
| 1967: John F. Kennedy's body is moved from a temporary grave to a permanent one in Arlington Cemetery. |
| 1978: An Israeli force of 22,000 invades south Lebanon, hitting the PLO bases. |
| 1990: Mikhail S. Gorbachev becomes president of the Soviet Congress. |