On this day in 1961, John F. Kennedy appointed Janet G. Travell to be his physician. This was the first time a woman held the appointment of Physician to the President.
On this day in 1965, Hindi became the official language of India.
On this day in 2004, a whale exploded in the town of Tainan, Taiwan. A build-up of gas in the decomposing sperm whale was suspected of causing the explosion.