On this date
In 1920, Joan of Arc was canonized by Pope Benedict XV.
In 1939, the federal government began its first food stamp program in Rochester, New York.
In 1948, CBS News correspondent George Polk, who had been covering the Greek civil war between communist and nationalist forces, was found murdered in Salonika Harbor.
In 1966, China launched the Cultural Revolution, a radical as well as deadly reform movement aimed at purging the country of “counterrevolutionaries.”
In 1975, Japanese climber Junko Tabei became the first woman to reach the summit of Mount Everest.
In 1988, the U.S. Supreme Court, in California vs. Greenwood, ruled that police could search discarded garbage without a search warrant.
In 1991, Queen Elizabeth II became the first British monarch to address the U.S. Congress as she lauded U.S.-British cooperation in the Persian Gulf War.
Ten years ago: Osama bin Laden said in an audio statement that al-Qaida would continue its holy war against Israel and its allies until the liberation of the Palestinians.
Five years ago: President Barack Obama named a temporary chief for the scandal-marred Internal Revenue Service.
One year ago: The White House issued a denial after a report that President Donald Trump personally appealed to FBI Director James Comey to abandon the bureau’s investigation into National Security Adviser Michael Flynn.