MORE EVENTS ON THIS DAY

2016: American golfer Arnold Palmer, who used an unorthodox swing and an aggressive approach to become one of golf's most successful and well-liked stars, died at age 87. [ Sort fact from fiction in our golf quiz.]

2011: Kenyan politician and environmental activist Wangari Maathai—who was the first Black African woman to win a Nobel Prize (the 2004 Nobel Prize for Peace)—died in Nairobi. [ Take our quiz about the Nobel Prize.]

1970: Hostilities came to an end during Black September, the brief but violent civil war between the Palestine Liberation Organizationand Jordan. [ Sort fact from fiction in our quiz about the Middle East.]

1962: Sonny Liston became world heavyweight boxing champion with a first-round knockout of Floyd Patterson in Chicago. [How much do you know about boxing?]

1929: American journalist Barbara Walters , who was especially known for her highly effective technique in television interviews of world-renowned figures, was born.

1799: André Masséna, French nobleman and general under Napoleon, defeated Russian forces in the Second Battle of Zürich. [Take our history of war quiz.]