On this day in 1978, former Nixon aide John D. Ehrlichman was released from an Arizona prison after serving 18 months for Watergate-related crimes.
On this day in 2005, the superjumbo jet aircraft Airbus A380 made its first flight from Toulouse, France.
On this day in 2006, construction began on the Freedom Tower (later renamed One World Trade Center) in New York City.
On this day in 2014, Popes John XXIII and John Paul II were declared saints in the first papal canonization since 1954.