An international military tribunal in Nuremberg, Germany,
found 22 top Nazi leaders guilty of war crimes on this day
in 1946.
The Berlin Airlift came to an end on this day in 1949. The airlift had taken
2.3 million tons of food into the western sector despite the Soviet blockade.
African-American James Meredith James Meredith succeeded in registering
at the University of Mississippi on this day in 1962. It was his fourth attempt
to register.
James Meredith is escorted by U.S. Marshals.
James Howard Meredith turned 84 in June.
The Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart opera The Magic Flute (Die Zauberflote)
premiered in Vienna, Austria on this day in 1791.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
(January 27, 1756 – December 5, 1791)
James Byron Dean (February 8, 1931 – September 30, 1955)