On this day in 1910, The Firebird, the first major work by Russian composer Igor Stravinsky, made its premiere in Paris.
On this day in 1950, the Korean War began with North Korean forces launching a pre-dawn raid over the 38th parallel into South Korea.
On this day in 1975, citing threats to national security, Indian Prime MinisterIndira Gandhi unilaterally had a state of emergency declared across the nation that lasted nearly two years.