1934 - Great dustbowl storm sweeps across US prairies
1940 - Winston Churchill says “I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears and sweat” in his first speech as Prime Minister to British House of Commons
1981 - Pope John Paul II is shot and critically wounded by Turkish gunman Mehemet Ali Agca in St Peter’s Square, Vatican City
1989 - Approx 2,000 students begin hunger strike in Tiananmen Square…
