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Gay-rights activist Harvey Milk, who was one of the first openly gay elected officials in U.S. history, was assassinated in San Francisco; his killer, Dan White, was later convicted of manslaughter after successfully alleging that clinical depression had impaired his judgment.(1978)
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The revised Code of Canon Law, signed by Pope John Paul II in January, took effect.(1983)
The U.S. Senate voted overwhelmingly in favour of Gerald R. Ford's succession to the vice presidency.(1973)
Eugene O'Neill, playwright and author of Long Day's Journey into Night, died at age 65.(1953)
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American filmmaker Kathryn Bigelow—who was the first woman to win an Oscar for best director, for The Hurt Locker (2008)—was born.(1951)
The French navy scuttled 73 ships at Toulon in order to avoid German seizure during World War II.(1942)
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Chaim Weizmann, the first president of Israel and the guiding force behind the World Zionist Organization, was born.(1874)
Clovis I—king of the Franks and ruler of much of Gaul from 481 to 511, a key period during the transformation of the Roman Empire into Europe—died in Paris.(511)
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The first Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade was held in New York City, and it became an American tradition, especially known for its huge balloons, which were introduced in 1927.(1924)
The Treaty of Neuilly, outlining the post-World War I peace terms for Bulgaria, was signed between the defeated country and the Allied powers.(1919)
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