In 1770, the "Boston Massacre" took place as British soldiers who had been taunted by a crowd of colonists opened fire, killing several people.
In 1776, a Spanish official, Don Antonio de Ulloa, arrived in New Orleans to take possession of the Louisiana Territory from the French.
In 1867, an abortive Fenian uprising against English rule took place in Ireland.
In 1868, the Senate was organized into a Court of Impeachment to decide charges against President Andrew Johnson.
In 1933, in Germany, the Nazi Party won a majority of seats in parliamentary elections.
In 1946, former British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, during an address at Westminster College in Fulton, Mo., spoke of an "Iron Curtain" stretching from the Baltic to the Adriatic.
In 1953, Soviet leader Josef Stalin died at the age of 73 after 29 years in power.
In 1970, a nuclear non-proliferation treaty went into effect after 43 nations ratified it.
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Actor Rex Harrison (1908)
Actor Dean Stockwell (1935)
Football player-turned-actor Fred Williamson (1938)
