1864

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

1941

Work was completed on the Mount Rushmore National Memorial in South Dakota, begun in 1927.

1961

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

1984

Indira Gandhi, India’s Prime Minister, was assassinated by two of her own security guards.

1999

EgyptAir Flight 990 crashed off the Massachusetts coast, killing all 217 people aboard.