Events, Births and Deaths Happening on this Date

1766

Spanish official Don Antonio de Ulloa arrived in New Orleans to take possession of the Louisiana Territory from the French.

1770

The Boston Massacre took place as British soldiers, taunted by a crowd of colonists, opened fire, killing five people.

1867

An abortive Fenian uprising against English rule took place in Ireland.

1868

The Senate was organized into a court of impeachment to decide charges against President Andrew Johnson.

1933

The Nazi Party won 44 percent of the vote in German parliamentary elections, enabling it to join with Nationalists to gain a slender majority in the Reichstag.

1946

Winston Churchill delivered his famous "Iron Curtain" speech at Westminster College in Fulton, Mo.

1963

A private plane crash near Camden, Tenn., claimed the lives of country music performers Patsy Cline, "Cowboy" Copas and "Hawkshaw" Hawkins.

1970

A nuclear non-proliferation treaty went into effect after 43 nations ratified it.

1982

Comedian John Belushi was found dead of a drug overdose in a rented bungalow in Hollywood; he was 33.

1997

Representatives of North Korea and South Korea met for first time in 25 years, for peace talks in New York.