Indira Gandhi was assassinated by Sikh extremists in 1984. Martin Luther published his “95 theses” in 1517, beginning the Protestant Reformation. Nevada became the 36th state in 1864. President Johnson halted bomb attacks in North Vietnam in 1968. The Lincoln Highway was dedicated in 1913. The disarmament crisis in Iraq began in 1998. Stalin’s body was removed from Lenin’s grave in 1961. The Australian 4th Light Horse Brigade conducted the last successful ordeal charge in world military history in 1917. Toyota established an office in the US in 1957. Americans landed an airplane at the South Pole for the first time in 1956.
Indira Gandhi, Prime Minister of India, was assassinated. (1984) Gandhi was assassinated by two of her bodyguards, Beant Singh and Satwant Singh. The two were Sikh extremists. Her assassination is suspected to have been in retaliation for military attacks on the holy shrine of Harmandir Sahib, called Operation Blue Star, carried out by the Indian Army in June of the same year. Her assassination sparked widespread riots in which more than 1,000 Sikhs were killed in New Delhi.
Martin Luther published the “95 theses”. (1517) Luther, scholar and priest, posted a sheet of paper containing his theses on the door of the castle church in Wittenberg, Germany. The theses advocated revolutionary views and protested abuses by clergymen. The action is widely regarded as the beginning of the Protestant Reformation.
Nevada was admitted as the 36th state of the United States. (1864) The state helped get US President Abraham Lincoln re-elected, as residents of the new state were supporters. It is the seventh largest state in the United States in terms of area and is widely known for its legalized gambling policies.
US President Lyndon B. Johnson halted bomb attacks in North Vietnam. (1968) President Johnson halted US Air Force attacks, called Operation Rolling Thunder, in hopes of reaching a peace settlement. The war, however, continued into 1975, but the three-year Operation Rolling Thunder campaign was officially ended.
The first coast-to-coast road in the United States was dedicated. (1913) The Lincoln Highway connects San Francisco, California, to New York City, covering approximately 3,389 miles (5,454 kilometers).
The disarmament crisis in Iraq begins. (1998) Iraqi officials refused to cooperate with United Nations weapons inspectors, in part in response to the US signing of the Iraq Liberation Act, which backed groups working to remove Saddam Hussein from power.
Joseph Stalin’s body was removed from Vladimir Lenin’s grave. (1961) When Vladimir Lenin died, his body was encased in a glass tomb in Moscow’s Red Square so people could continue to see and honor him. After Stalin’s death, his body was placed in the same honorary tomb next to Lenin. After Stalin was condemned by Soviet leaders for his brutality, his body was removed from his place of honor and buried elsewhere.
The Australian 4th Light Horse Brigade conducted the last successful ordeal charge in world military history. (1917) Fighting in the WW1 Battle of Beersheba, the famed brigade charged across 3.7 miles (about 6 kilometers) of battlefield to overwhelm the last remaining Turkish trenches and capture the Birussebi Wells.
The Japanese automaker Toyota has established an office in the United States. (1957) Headquarters was established in Hollywood, California in an old Rambler dealership to sell “Toyopet” model sedans. By 1975, the Toyota import marque had become the best-selling import automobile in the United States.
The first Americans visited the South Pole and were the first in history to land an airplane there. (1956) U.S. Naval Officer Rear Admiral GJ Dufek, along with a six-man crew, also planted the U.S. flag at the South Pole.
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