1492 - King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella of Spain issued an edict expelling those Jews unwilling to convert to Christianity.
1889 - French engineer Alexandre Gustave Eiffel unfurled the French tricolor from atop the Eiffel Tower to mark its completion.
1917 - The United States took possession of the Virgin Islands from Denmark.
1923 - The first U.S. dance marathon, held in New York City, ended with Alma Cummings setting a world record of 27 hours on her feet.
1943 - The Rodgers and Hammerstein musical Oklahoma! opened on Broadway.
1945 - The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams opened on Broadway.
1949 - Newfoundland entered the confederation as Canada's 10th province.
1968 - President Lyndon B. Johnson announced he would not run for another term in office.
1992 - The U.N. Security Council voted to ban flights and arms sales to Libya, branding it a terrorist state for shielding six men accused of blowing up Pan Am Flight 103 and a French airliner.
1995 - Singer Selena, 23, was shot to death in Corpus Christi, Texas, by the founder of her fan club.
1995 - Baseball players agreed to end a 232-day strike after a judge granted a preliminary injunction against club owners.
1998 - Former New York Congresswoman Bella Abzug died at age 77.
2004 - Air America, intended as a liberal voice in network talk radio, made its debut on five stations.
Silent Servants...
... of the Used, Abused, and Utterly Screwed Up.
A Secular Franciscan looks at the world...
with a more jaundiced eye than ever...
and lots of ellipses for you to fill in the missing text...
(with thanks to Thomas S. Klise for the title)
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