MORE EVENTS ON THIS DAY

2005: American jurist John G. Roberts, Jr., was sworn in as the 17th chief justice of the U.S. Supreme Court. [ Why are there nine justices on the U.S. Supreme Court?]

1961: Julia Gillard, who in 2010 became Australia's first female prime minister, was born in Wales. [Test your knowledge of Australia's government and political system.]

1938: The American harness racehorse Greyhound established a trotting record for 1 mile in 1:551/4 (it was broken in 1969). [Take our quiz about horse racing.]

1938: Poland demanded the cession of Teschen , a rich region that had been contested and then divided between Poland and Czechoslovakia following World War I. [Read about eight hotly disputed borders of the world.]

1918: German Chancellor Georg von Hertling tendered his resignation on the day of the Bulgarian armistice and the British attack of the Western Front during World War I. [Sort fact from fiction in our quiz about World War I.]

1906: The United States occupied Cuba after the rebellion surrounding the reelection of Tomás Estrada Palma. [ How much do you know about the ties and feuds between the U.S. and Cuba?]