On this day :

1919 Prohibition takes effect, 1780 British demonstrate naval supremacy in The Moonlight Battle, 1997 Entertainer Bill Cosbys son murdered along CA interstate, 1861 Crittenden Compromise is killed in Senate, 1990 Soviets send troops into Azerbaijan, 1936 The Moon Maniac, 1995 Avalanches bury buses in Kashmir, 1979 Shah flees Iran, 1991 The Persian Gulf War begins, 1942 Carole Lombard killed in plane crash, 2013 Pauline Phillips the original Dear Abby dies at 94, 1938 Benny Goodman brings jazz to Carnegie Hall, 1847 Fremont appointed Governor of California, 1991 Bush waits for deadline in Iraq, 1970 Curt Flood files historic lawsuit against Major League Baseball, 1964 Johnson approves Oplan 34A, 1969 Agreement to open peace talks reached, 1916 Montenegro capitulates to AustroHungarian forces, 1945 Hitler descends into his bunker,