On this day in 1945, more than 500 US warplanes launched air-raids on the Japanese territories of Okinawa and Taiwan.
On this day in 1970, the Boeing 747, the world's first "jumbo jet", entered commercial service.
On this day in 1973, the Supreme Court of the United States delivered its decisions in Roe v. Wade and Doe v. Bolton, legalizing elective abortion in all fifty states.
On this day in 1984, the Apple Macintosh, the first consumer computer to popularize the computer mouse and the graphical user interface, was introduced.
And on this day in 2006, Evo Morales was inaugurated as president of Bolivia, becoming the country's first indigenous president.