1901 – J. P. Morgan incorporates the United States Steel Corporation.At one time, U.S. Steel was the largest steel producer and largest corporation in the world. It was capitalized at $1.4 billion ($39.69 billion today), making it the world's first billion-dollar corporation. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._Steel https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IhoeurGDnG0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oQyRlefldxQ
1994 – Mosque of Abraham massacre: In the Cave of the Patriarchs in the West Bank city of Hebron, Baruch Goldsteinopens fire with an automatic rifle, killing 29 Palestinian worshippers and injuring 125 more before being subdued and beaten to death by survivors. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cave_of_the_Patriarchs_massacre https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q-l8XlSt04I
1956: Khrushchev lashes out at Stalin. In a sensational speech to the Communist Party, the Soviet President denounces Joseph Stalin as a brutal despot. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/On_the_Cult_of_Personality_and_Its_Consequences https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8u_ipBuC6ig https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DmcOsKP80es
1841 – Pierre-Auguste Renoir, French painter and sculptor is born (d. 1919) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pierre-Auguste_Renoir https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qHOeN7HXj3k https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NXxuuvCD4rY