On this day in 1963, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. penned his Letter from Birmingham Jail while incarcerated in Birmingham, Alabama for protesting against segregation.
On this day in 2001, a five-day border conflict between India and Bangladesh began.
On this day in 2014, The MV Sewol ferry carrying more than 450 people capsized off South Korea, leaving 295 passengers and crew dead and 9 more missing.