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1994 – Nelson Mandela is chosen to be the country's first black president. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nelson_Mandela https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=grh03-NjHzc
2004 – Chechen President Akhmad Kadyrov is killed in a land mine bomb blast in Grozny, Chechnya. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akhmad_Kadyrov https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fHWhs5QkfuY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EPxgYKjiz60
1960 – The Food and Drug Administration approved the first pill for contraceptive use in Birth Control. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Combined_oral_contraceptive_pill https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bug6EyIb_AE
1958 – Vertigo has world premiere in San Francisco. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vertigo_%28film%29 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GnpZN2HQ3OQ