1864

Nevada became the 36th state as President Abraham Lincoln signed a proclamation.

1941

Work was completed on the Mount Rushmore National Memorial in South Dakota.

1961

The body of Josef Stalin was removed from Lenin’s Tomb as part of the Soviet Union’s “de-Stalinization” drive.

1984

Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi was assassinated by two Sikh security guards.

1992

Pope John Paul II formally proclaimed that the Roman Catholic Church had erred in condemning Galileo for holding that the Earth was not the center of the universe.