In 1963, President John F. Kennedy was assassinated, and Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson was sworn in as his successor.
In 1990, British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher resigned.
In 2005, Angela Merkel took office as the first female chancellor of Germany.
TODAY'S QUOTE:
'Blessed is the man who, having nothing to say, abstains from giving us wordy evidence of the fact.' — George Eliot, 'Impressions …