On This Day in History

Mount Lamington, a volcano in Papua New Guinea, erupted (pictured) and killed more than 2,900 people.

A B-52 bomber carrying four nuclear weapons crashed onto sea ice near Thule Air Base, Greenland, causing localized radioactive contamination.

Vietnam War: The People's Army of Vietnam attacked Khe Sanh Combat Base, a U.S. Marines outpost in Quảng Trị province, South Vietnam, starting the Battle of Khe Sanh.

Tripura, formerly part of the independent Twipra Kingdom, became a state of India.

Concorde, an Anglo-French supersonic airliner, began scheduled commercial flights to London, Paris, Bahrain, and Rio de Janeiro.

The DeLorean Motor Company completed the first production car of the DMC DeLorean at its factory in Northern Ireland.

The U.S. House of Representatives voted 395–28 to reprimand Newt Gingrich for ethics violations, making him the first Speaker of the House to be so disciplined.

Demonstrations against alleged corruption in the Albanian government led to the killings of four protesters in Tirana by the Republican Guard.

Millions of people participated in the Women's March in Washington, D.C., and around the world to advocate for legislation and policies on human rights and other issues.

A fire at a hotel at the Kartalkaya ski resort in Turkey's Bolu Province results in 78 people killed.