On this day in 1979, Pope John Paul II denounced all forms of concentration camps and torture while speaking at the U.N. in New York City.
On this day in 2007, President Roh Moo-hyun of South Korea walked across the Military Demarcation Line into North Korea on his way to the second Inter-Korean Summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong-il.
On this day in 2012, U.S. Department of Homeland Security announced the inclusion of Taiwan into the Visa-Waiver Program.