On This Day in History

African Americans rioted in Birmingham, Alabama, in response to two bombings, perceiving local police to be complicit with the perpetrators.

Lubbock, Texas, was struck by a tornado that left 26 people dead.

Andrew Lloyd Webber's Cats (performers pictured), opened at the New London Theatre.

Deep Blue defeated Garry Kasparov in six games to become the first chess computer to win a match against a world champion.

India began the Pokhran-II nuclear-weapons test, its first since the Smiling Buddha test 24 years earlier.

David Cameron took office as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom as the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats formed the country's first coalition government since the Second World War.

Gordon Brown resigned as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Leader of the Labour Party after failing to strike a coalition agreement with the Liberal Democrats.

An earthquake registering Mw 5.1, the worst to hit the region for more than 50 years, struck near Lorca, Spain.

Two car bombs by unknown perpetrators exploded in Reyhanlı, Turkey, resulting in 52 killed and 140 injured.

Myanmar civil war: Government troops killed 37 unarmed civilians in Mondaingbin.

Palestinian-American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh was shot and killed while reporting on an Israel Defense Forces raid on the Jenin refugee camp.