Free Mandela! The VP has a hunting accident, the Beatles come stateside, Jughead eats his way into our hearts.

2006

Former Vice President Dick Cheney accidentally shoots his friend in the face.

1990

Nelson Mandela is released after 27 years of imprisonment in South Africa.

1979

Iran’s premier Bakhtiar resigns, Ayatollah Khomeini seizes power.

1964

It’s no Ed Sullivan, but the Beatles make their first live appearance in the USA at the Washington DC coliseum.

1945

Cold War precursor: the Yalta agreement is signed by FDR, Churchill and Stalin

1942

Are you a Betty or a Veronica? “Archie” comic book debuts

1916

Mother Earth: Emma Goldman is arrested for lecturing on birth control

1814

Norway proclaims its independence

1766

The British are coming (in a few years)! The Stamp Act is declared unconstitutional in Virginia.

Go shorty, it’s your birthday…

1962

Singer Sheryl Crow

1942

Freckle-faced lothario/comic book character Archie Andrews

1936

Actor/mustache haver Burt Reynolds

1926

Naked Gun actor Leslie Nielsen

1732

Nobody special, you know. Just George Washington.