On this day in 1944, the Warsaw Uprising against the Nazi occupation broke out in Warsaw, Poland.
On this day in 1960, Islamabad was declared the federal capital of the Government of Pakistan.
On this day in 1966, purges of intellectuals and imperialists became official China policy at the beginning of the Cultural Revolution.
And on this day in 2001, Alabama Supreme Court Chief Justice Roy Moore had a Ten Commandments monument installed in the judiciary building, leading to a lawsuit to have it removed and his own removal from office.