MORE EVENTS ON THIS DAY

2001: George Harrison , formerly of the Beatles, died of cancer at the age of 58. [Take our Beatlemania quiz.]

1997: In a ceremony that was broadcast around the world by satellite, some 28,000 couples gathered at RFK Stadium in Washington, D.C., for a “wedding” conducted by Sun Myung Moon, leader of the Unification Church. [ Sort fact from fiction in our quiz about world religions.]

1981: American film actress Natalie Wood drowned under mysterious circumstances while vacationing on a yacht off Santa Catalina Island, California. [Take our quiz about A-list actors.]

1963: U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson appointed the Warren Commission to investigate the assassination of John F. Kennedy. [Take our quiz about U.S. presidents.]

1929: American pioneer aviator Richard E. Byrd flew over the South Pole. [Test your knowledge of nautical exploration and aviation.]

1850: Prussia and Austria signed the Punctation of Olmütz, an agreement regulating the two powers' relations. [ Sort fact from fiction in our quiz about Europe.]