On this date

In 1944, Hideki Tojo was removed as Japanese premier and war minister because of setbacks suffered by his country in World War II.

In 1947, President Harry S. Truman signed the Presidential Succession Act, which placed the speaker of the House and the Senate president pro tempore next in the line of succession after the vice president.

In 1984, gunman James Huberty opened fire at a McDonald’s in San Ysidro, California, killing 21 people before being shot dead by police.

In 1986, the world got its first look at the wreckage of the RMS Titanic resting on the ocean floor as videotape of the British luxury liner, which sank in 1912, was released by the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution.

In 1989, actress Rebecca Schaeffer, 21, was shot to death at her Los Angeles home by obsessed fan Robert Bardo, who was later sentenced to life in prison.

In 1994, Tutsi rebels declared an end to Rwanda’s 14-week-old civil war.

In 2013, Detroit became the biggest U.S. city to file for bankruptcy, its finances ravaged by the automotive industry’s decline.

Ten years ago: The Taliban posted a video of an American soldier who was discovered missing June 30, 2009, from his base in eastern Afghanistan and was later confirmed to have been captured; in the recording, the soldier was later identified as Pfc. Bowe Bergdahl. (Bergdahl was released in 2014; he was later given a dishonorable discharge and fined $1,000 on charges of desertion and misbehavior.)

Five years ago: The Obama administration announced it was reopening the Eastern Seaboard to offshore oil and gas exploration.

One year ago: FBI Director Christopher Wray said Russia was continuing to use fake news, propaganda and covert operations to sow discord in the United States.