1885

The Statue of Liberty arrived in New York Harbor aboard the French ship Isere.

1967

China successfully tested its first thermonuclear bomb.

1972

President Richard Nixon’s eventual downfall began with the arrest of five burglars inside the Democratic headquarters in Washington, D.C.’s, Watergate complex.

1994

After a slow-speed police chase on SoCal freeways, O.J. Simpson was arrested and charged with murder in the slayings of his ex-wife, Nicole, and her friend, Ronald Goldman.