1906 – China prohibits opium trade.

1964 – World’s longest suspension bridge, “Verrazano Narrows”, opens in New York City.

1980 – Fire at MGM Grand Hotel in Las Vegas kills 84 people.

2002 – NATO invites Bulgaria, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, Slovakia, and Slovenia to become members.

2013 – 31 people were killed by a truck bomb in Northeaster Iraq.