On This Day in History

South Vietnamese opposition figure Phan Quang Đán was elected to the National Assembly, despite soldiers being bussed in to vote multiple times for President Ngô Đình Diệm's candidate.

Writer and politician Abdul Muis became the first person to be awarded the posthumous title of National Hero of Indonesia.

Thurgood Marshall was confirmed as the first African-American Supreme Court justice.

An express train carrying foreign workers from Yugoslavia to West Germany derailed in Zagreb, killing 153 people.

A powerful bomb exploded at the Mitsubishi Heavy Industries headquarters in Marunouchi, Tokyo, killing eight people.

Iranian president Mohammad-Ali Rajai and prime minister Mohammad-Javad Bahonar were assassinated in a bombing committed by the People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran.

Discovery, the third orbiter of NASA's Space Shuttle program, lifted off on its maiden voyage from Kennedy Space Center, Florida.

Gulf War: US General Norman Schwarzkopf Jr. issued General Order No. 1 prohibiting US troops from consuming alcohol or possessing pornographic material.

A heavy bomber that had been unintentionally loaded with nuclear missiles flew them from North Dakota to Louisiana before they were recognized.

The last remaining American troops left Afghanistan, ending U.S. involvement in the war.

Ukrainian politician Andriy Parubiy was assassinated in Lviv, Ukraine.