On this day in history
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1813: Jane Austin publishes Pride and Prejudice.
1861: Kansas is admitted into the Union as the 34th state.
1918: The Supreme Allied Council meets at Versailles.
1926: Violette Neatley Anderson becomes the first African-American woman admitted to practice before the U.S. Supreme Court.
1944: The world’s greatest warship, Missouri, is launched.
1950: Riots break out in Johannesburg, South Africa, over the policy of Apartheid.
1967: Thirty-seven civilians are killed by a U.S. helicopter attack in Vietnam.
1979: President Jimmy Carter commutes the sentence of Patty Hearst.
1984: President Ronald Reagan announces that he will run for a second term.
1984: The Soviets issue a formal complaint against alleged U.S. arms treaty violations.
1991: Iraqi forces attack into Saudi Arabian town of Kafji, but are turned back by Coalition forces.
Source: HistoryNet.com
