On this day in 1928, the National Revolutionary Army, led by commander Chiang Kai-shek, captured Beijing in its Northern Expedition, formally ending the civil war in China.
On this day in 1929, Margaret Bondfield was appointed Minister of Labour. She was the first woman appointed to the Cabinet of the United Kingdom.
On this day in 1953, the United States Supreme Court ruled that restaurants in Washington, DC cannot refuse to serve black patrons.
On this day in 1972, during the Vietnam War, the Associated Press photographer Nick Ut took his Pulitzer Prize-winning photo of a naked 9-year-old girl running down a road after being burned by napalm.
And on this day in 1992, the first World Ocean Day was celebrated, coinciding with the Earth Summit held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.