Germany first observed the International Holocaust Remembrance Day.
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Apollo 1 test launch failed, and astronauts Gus Grissom, Ed White, and Roger B. Chaffee all died.
The Vietnam War officially ended, for the US at least, after the Paris Peace Accords were signed.
The theory of Wave Mechanics by physicist Erwin Schrödinger was first taught in lectures.
Peruvian ambassador Ricardo Rivera-Schreiber gave a warning that Japan would attack Pearl Harbor.
Michael Jackson's hair caught fire while filming a Pepsi commercial in front of 3,000 fans.
