On this day in 1961, Park Chung-hee leads a coup d'état to overthrow the Second Republic of South Korea.
On this day in 1974, Josip Broz Tito is re-elected president of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. This time he is elected for life.
On this day in 1991, Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom addresses a joint session of the United States Congress. She is the first British monarch to address the U.S. Congress.
On this day in 2005, Kuwait permits women's suffrage in a 35–23 National Assembly vote.