On this day in 1948, the United Nations established the World Health Organization.
On this day in 1959, Winston Churchill resigned as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom amid indications of failing health.
On this day in 1971, US President Richard Nixon announced his decision to increase the rate of American troop withdrawals from Vietnam.
On this day in 1994, massacres of Tutsis began in Kigali, Rwanda.
On this day in 2009, former Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori was sentenced to 25 years in prison for ordering killings and kidnappings by security forces.