On this day in 1946, the Council of Europe was founded following a speech by Winston Churchill at the University of Zurich.
On this day in 1959, Nikita Khrushchev was barred from visiting Disneyland due to security concerns.
On this day in 1994, on behalf of their respective governments, Taiwan’s representative in Washington, Ding Mou-shih, and the chairman of the American Institute in Taiwan, Natale Bellocchi, signed a Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA).
On this day in 2006, the Thai military staged a coup in Bangkok. The Constitution was revoked and martial law was declared.
And on this day in 2010, the leaking oil well in the Deepwater Horizon oil spill was sealed.