1633

Italian astronomer Galileo Galilei arrived in Rome for trial before the Inquisition, accused of defending Copernican theory that the Earth revolved around the sun instead of the other way around.

1933

The Warsaw Convention, governing airlines’ liability for international carriage of persons, luggage and goods, went into effect.

1965

During the Vietnam War, President Lyndon B. Johnson authorized Operation Rolling Thunder, an extended bombing campaign against the North Vietnamese.

1991

During Operation Desert Storm, allied warplanes destroyed an underground shelter in Baghdad that had been identified as a military command center; Iraqi officials said 500 civilians were killed.

2002

John Walker Lindh pleaded not guilty in federal court in Alexandria, Virginia, to conspiring to kill Americans and supporting the Taliban and terrorist organizations. Lindh later pleaded guilty to lesser offenses and was sentenced to 20 years in prison. He was released in September 2019 after serving 17 years of that sentence.

Birthdays

Actor Kim Novak is 90. Talk show host Jerry Springer is 79. Singer Peter Gabriel is 73. Actor Neal McDonough is 57. Rock singer Matt Berninger is 52. Singer-songwriter Feist is 47.