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

1980

The 13th Winter Olympics opened in Lake Placid, New York.

1991

During Operation Desert Storm, allied warplanes destroyed an underground shelter in Baghdad that had been identified as a military command center.

2018

President Donald Trump’s personal attorney, Michael Cohen, said he had paid $130,000 out of his own pocket to a porn actress who claimed to have had a sexual relationship with Trump.