On this day in 1958, a United States federal court ruled that poet Ezra Pound be released from an insane asylum.
On this day in 1988, the United States launched Operation Praying Mantis against Iranian naval forces in the largest naval battle since World War II.
On this day in 2007, the Supreme Court of the United States upheld the Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act in a 5–4 decision.
On this day in 2013, a suicide bombing in a Baghdad cafe killed 27 people and injures another 65.