On this day in 1964, Prime Minister of Australia Robert Menzies opened the artificial Lake Burley Griffin in the middle of the capital Canberra.
On this day in 1989, a 6.9 magnitude earthquake struck California's San Francisco Bay Area, killing 63 people, injuring 3,757, and leaving at least 8,000 homeless.
On this day in 1994, Israel and Jordan initialed a historic peace treaty, ending their 46-year state of war.