1927 - The Holland Tunnel was opened to traffic. The tunnel runs under the Hudson River between New York City and Jersey City and was the first underwater tunnel built in the U.S. It is comprised of two tubes, each large enough for two lanes of traffic.
1945 - General Charles De Gaulle was appointed president of the French provisional government.
1956 - The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that racial segregation on public buses was unconstitutional.
1967 - Carl Stokes became the first African American mayor in the U.S., elected mayor of Cleveland, Ohio.
1973 - A state of emergency was declared in Britain after power workers and coal miners began work slowdowns.
1995 - Israel began pulling its troops out of the West Bank city of Jenin, ending 28 years of occupation.
2015 - Gun men attacked in number of Paris locations and killed people. They are suspected to ISIS terrorists. Emergency imposed in France. The President declared we are at war.
Birthday
American jurist Louis Brandeis (1856-1941). Connected to Scientific Management.
Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-1894). Best known for Treasure Island, Kidnapped and The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.
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