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1971 - Tricia Nixon and Edward F Cox marry at White House.

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1972 - George P. Shultz begins term as 60th Treasury Secretary of the US.

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1977 - Ground-breaking ceremonies for President Kennedy library.

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1982 - A rally against nuclear weapons draws 750,000 to New York City's Central Park. Jackson Browne, James Taylor, Bruce Springsteen, and Linda Ronstadt attend.

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1987 - During a visit to Berlin, Germany, U.S. President Ronald Reagan challenges Soviet Premier Mikhail Gorbachev to tear down the Berlin Wall.

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1989 - Corcoran Gallery of Art removes Robert Mapplethorpe's photography exhibition.

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1994 - Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman are murdered outside the Simpson home in Los Angeles, California. O.J. Simpson is later acquitted of the killings, but is held liable in a civil suit.

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1996 - In Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, a panel of federal judges blocks a law against indecency on the internet. The panel says that the 1996 Communications Decency Act would infringe upon the free speech rights of adults.

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1997 - The United States Department of the Treasury unveils a new $50 bill, meant to be more counterfeit-resistant.

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1998 - A jury in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, convicts 17-year-old Luke Woodham of killing two students and wounding 7 others at Pearl High School.

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