- In 1933, Albert Einstein arrived in the United States as a refugee from Nazi Germany.

- In 1945, Col. Juan Peron staged a coup, becoming absolute ruler of Argentina.

- In 1973, Arab oil-producing nations announced they would begin cutting back on oil exports to Western nations and Japan; the result was a total embargo that lasted until March 1974.

- In 1977, West German commandos stormed a hijacked Lufthansa jetliner on the ground in Mogadishu, Somalia, freeing all 86 hostages and killing three of the four hijackers.

- In 1979, Mother Teresa of India was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.

- Thought for today: "Those who nobly set out to be their brother's keeper sometimes end up by becoming his jailer. Every emancipation has in it the seeds of a new slavery, and every truth easily becomes a lie." -- I.F. Stone, American journalist