1613: Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre in London burns down during a performance of “Henry VIII”

1900: The Imperial Chinese Court issues what is essentially a declaration of war against foreigners in China, blaming them for hostilities and giving license to the Boxers for even greater ferocity

1939: Ford introduces the revolutionary Ford-Ferguson 9N tractor incorporating Harry Ferguson’s three-point hitch system

1941: 6,000 Jews are murdered in a pogrom in Bucharest, Romania

1964: Civil Rights Act of 1964 passes the US Senate after a 60-working-day filibuster by Southern senators

1966: US planes bomb North Vietnam’s capital, Hanoi, and the port city of Haiphong for the first time in the Vietnam War

1994: US reopens Guantanamo Naval Base to process refugees

Source: Onthisday.com