On this day in 1950, the United States decided to send troops to fight in the Korean War.
On this day in 1981, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China issued its "Resolution on Certain Questions in the History of Our Party Since the Founding of the People's Republic of China", laying the blame for the Cultural Revolution on Mao Zedong.
On this day in 2007, Tony Blair resignd as British Prime Minister, a position he had held since 1997.
And on this day in 2008, in a highly scrutinized election, President of Zimbabwe Robert Mugabe was re-elected in a landslide after his opponent Morgan Tsvangirai had withdrawn a week earlier, citing violence against his party's supporters.