1789: In a letter to Jean-Baptiste Le Roy, Benjamin Franklin writes “in this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes”

1933: First modern sit-down strike by Hormel meat packers in Austin, Minnesota

1956: US Supreme court rules race separation on buses in Alabama unconstitutional

1980: US spacecraft Voyager 1 sends back 1st close-up pictures of Saturn during its fly-by

1985: Nevado del Ruiz volcano erupts in Colombia, killing 25,000 in the town of Armero

2018: Trial of Mexican drug lord Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán begins in New York, he is charged with drug trafficking, money laundering, and murder

Source: Onthisday.com