| On this date in: |
| 1770 | The Boston Massacre took place as British soldiers, taunted by a crowd of colonists, opened fire, killing five people. |
| 1867 | An abortive Fenian uprising against English rule took place in Ireland. |
| 1868 | The Senate was organized into a court of impeachment to decide charges against President Andrew Johnson. |
| 1933 | The Nazi Party won 44 percent of the vote in German parliamentary elections, enabling it to join with the Nationalists to gain a slender majority in the Reichstag. |
| 1953 | Soviet dictator Josef Stalin died at age 73 after nearly three decades in power. |
| 1963 | Country music singer Patsy Cline died in a plane crash near Camden, Tenn., at age 30. |
 |
| AP Photo |
|
| 1970 | The nuclear non-proliferation treaty went into effect. |
| 1982 | Comedian John Belushi was found dead of a drug overdose at age 33. |
| 1997 | Representatives of North Korea and South Korea met for first time in 25 years for peace talks in New York. |
| 2001 | Vice President Dick Cheney underwent an angioplasty for a partially blocked artery. |
| 2002 | "The Osbournes," a reality show following the life of rocker Ozzy Osbourne and his family, premiered on MTV. |
| 2004 | Martha Stewart was convicted of obstructing justice and lying to the government about why she'd unloaded her Imclone Systems Inc. stock just before the price plummeted. |
