On this day in 1943, the United States and United Kingdom gave up territorial rights in China.
On this day in 1972, East Pakistan renamed itself Bangladesh.
On this day in 2003, Illinois Governor George Ryan commuted the death sentences of 167 prisoners on Illinois' death row based on the Jon Burge scandal.
On this day in 2013, one French soldier and 17 militants were killed in a failed attempt to free a French hostage in Bulo Marer, Somalia.