On this day in 1959, the State Council of the People's Republic of China dissolved the Government of Tibet.
On this day in 1979, a coolant leaked at the Three Mile Island's Unit 2 nuclear reactor outside Harrisburg, Pennsylvania and led to the core overheating and a partial melt down.
On this day in 2006, at least one million union members, students, and unemployed took to the streets in France in protest of the government's proposed First Employment Contract law.