1831

Nat Turner launched a violent slave rebellion in Virginia, resulting in the deaths of at least 55 White people.

1911

Leonardo da Vinci’s “Mona Lisa” was stolen from the Louvre Museum in Paris.

1959

President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed an executive order making Hawaii the 50th state.

1992

An 11-day siege began at the cabin of White separatist Randy Weaver in Ruby Ridge, Idaho.

1993

NASA engineers lost contact with the Mars Observer spacecraft as it was about to reach the red planet.