On this day in 1946, the Council of Europe was founded following a speech by Winston Churchill at the University of Zurich.
On this day in 1952, the United States barred Charlie Chaplin from re-entering the country after a trip to England.
On this day in 1976, two Imperial Iranian Air Force F-4 Phantom II jets flew out to investigate an unidentified flying object when both independently lost instrumentation and communications as they approached, only to have them restored upon withdrawal.
On this day in 2011, Mariano Rivera of the New York Yankees surpassed Trevor Hoffman to become Major League Baseball's all-time saves leader with 602.