TODAY IN HISTORY

1792

The cornerstone of the executive mansion, later known as the White House, was laid by President George Washington.

1972

A Uruguayan chartered flight carrying 45people crashed in the Andes; survivors resorted to feeding off the remains of some of the dead in order to stay alive until they were rescued more than two months later.

1981

Voters in Egypt participated in a referendum to elect Vice President Hosni Mubarak the new president, one week after the assassination of Anwar Sadat.

2010

Rescuers in Chile pulled 33 miners to freedom 69days after they were trapped.