On this day in 1967, Australians voted in favor of a constitutional referendum granting the Australian government the power to make laws to benefit Indigenous Australians and to count them in the national census.
On this day in 1967, the U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS John F. Kennedy was launched by Jacqueline Kennedy and her daughter Caroline.
On this day in 1996, the Russian President BorisYeltsin met with Chechnyan rebels for the first time and negotiates a cease-fire in the First Chechen War.
On this day in 1997, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that Paula Jones can pursue her sexual harassment lawsuit against President Bill Clinton while he is in office.