On this day in 1973, US President Richard Nixon announced that a peace accord had been reached in Vietnam.
On this day in 1997, Madeleine Albright became the first woman to serve as United States Secretary of State.
On this day in 2001, five people attempted to set themselves on fire in Beijing's Tiananmen Square, an act that many people later claim is staged by the Communist Party of China to frame Falun Gong and thus escalate their persecution.