1950 - North Korea invaded South Korea, heralding the beginning of the Korean War.
1975 - Mozambique became independent and Samora Machel was sworn in...
1901 - The first exhibition by the 19-year-old painter Pablo Picasso opened in Paris to critical acclaim.
1908 - Grover Cleveland, twice U.S. president, died.
1916...
1956 - Gamal Abdel Nasser was elected president of Egypt.
1978 - Renato Curcio, the leader of the Italian Red Brigade urban guerrillas, was sentenced...
