1965 -
NASA spacecraft
Ranger 9, equipped to convert its signals into a form suitable for showing on domestic television, brings images of the Moon into ordinary homes before crash-landing.
1998 -
Jonesboro massacre: Two students, ages 11 and 13, fire upon teachers and students at Westside Middle School in
Jonesboro, Arkansas; five people are dead and ten are wounded.
2000 - The
S&P 500 reaches an all-time high of 1527.46.
2003 - The
Arab League votes 21-1 in favor of a resolution demanding the immediate and unconditional removal of U.S. and British soldiers from
Iraq.