1974 – Samuel Byck tries and fails to assassinate U.S. President Richard Nixon http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Byck https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VHAWUby7V-A https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oHO6MlSu7_k
1986 – Start of the People Power Revolution in the Philippines. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/People_Power_Revolution https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lrLOjpXGuCs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZLK32QW7-4k https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EE4mjA3u4fc
2002 – American journalist Daniel Pearl is murdered (b. 1963) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Pear https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gXpYCrQ1ycg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dVxCehVjq4w
1980 – Miracle on Ice: In Lake Placid, New York, the United States hockey team defeats the Soviet Union hockey team 4–3. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miracle_on_Ice https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qYscemhnf88