On this day in 1984, the United States and the Holy See (Vatican City) re-establish full diplomatic relations after almost 117 years, overturning Congress's 1867 ban on public funding for such a diplomatic envoy.
On this day in 1990, the merger of Time Inc. and Warner Communications formed Time Warner.
On this day in 1927, Fritz Lang's futuristic film Metropolis was released in Germany.
On this day in 2007, a general strike began in Guinea in an eventually successful attempt to get President Lansana Conté to resign.