On this day in 1914, the Ford Motor Company announced an eight-hour workday, the first in history.
On this day in 1945, the Soviet Union recognized the new pro-Soviet government of Poland.
On this day in 1972, United States President Richard Nixon ordered the development of a Space Shuttle program.
On this day in 1991, the United States Embassy to Somalia in Mogadishu was evacuated by helicopter airlift days after violence enveloped Mogadishu during the Somali Civil War.