On this day in 1951, the United Nations Security Council adopted Resolution 91 on the issue of Jammu and Kashmir.
On this day in 1961, the Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs was signed in New York City.
On this day in 1981, U.S. President Ronald Reagan was shot in the chest outside a Washington, D.C., hotel by John Hinckley, Jr. Another two people were wounded at the same time.
On this day in 1982, NASA's STS-3 Mission was completed with the landing of the Columbia at White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico.