On this date
In 1941, German forces occupied Athens during World War II.
In 1950, Britain formally recognized the state of Israel.
In 1967, Canada’s International and Universal Exhibition, also known as “Expo 67,” officially opened in Montreal, beginning a six-month run.
In 1968, Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey declared his candidacy for the Democratic nomination for president, less than a month after President Lyndon B. Johnson said he would not run for re-election.
In 1978, 51 construction workers plunged to their deaths when a scaffold inside a cooling tower at the Pleasants Power Station site in West Virginia fell 168 feet to the ground.
In 1982, the trial of John W. Hinckley Jr., who shot four people, including President Ronald Reagan, began in Washington. (The trial ended with Hinckley’s acquittal by reason of insanity.)
In 1992, the new Federal Republic of Yugoslavia was proclaimed in Belgrade by the republic of Serbia and its lone ally, Montenegro.
Ten years ago: Afghan President Hamid Karzai escaped an attempt on his life during a ceremony in Kabul marking Afghanistan’s victory over Soviet occupation in the 1980s; three other people were killed in the attack, claimed by the Taliban.
Five years ago: North Korea announced that Kenneth Bae, an American missionary detained for nearly six months, was being tried on charges of plotting to overthrow the government. (Bae was later sentenced to 15 years of hard labor; he was released in November 2014.)
One year ago: David Dao, the airline passenger who was violently dragged off a flight at Chicago’s O’Hare Airport after refusing to give up his seat, settled with United for an undisclosed sum.