1885

The Washington Monument was dedicated.

1965

Minister and civil rights activist Malcolm X, 39, was shot to death in New York.

1972

President Richard M. Nixon began his historic visit to China.

1973

Israeli fighter planes shot down Libyan Arab Airlines Flight 114 over the Sinai Desert, killing all but five of the 113 people on board.

2019

Teachers in Oakland went on strike in the latest in a wave of teacher activism that had included walkouts in Denver, Los Angeles and West Virginia.