MORE EVENTS ON THIS DAY

2000: Vicente Fox was inaugurated as president of Mexico, ending the dominance of the Institutional Revolutionary Party, which had ruled since 1929. [ Test your knowledge of Latin American history.]

1988: The first World AIDS Day was held. [Learn about the early outbreak of the AIDS epidemic in the U.S.]

1935: American filmmaker Woody Allen —who was best known for his bittersweet comic movies containing elements of parody, slapstick, and the absurd—was born. [Take our quiz about Woody Allen.]

1925: Germany, France, Belgium, Great Britain, and Italy signed the Pact of Locarno, a series of agreements intended to guarantee peace in western Europe. [How much do you know about European history?]

1825: Russian Emperor Alexander I died unexpectedly in southern Russia. [ Sort fact from fiction in our quiz about Russia.]

1814: General Andrew Jackson, commander of the U.S. Army of the Southwest, hastened to defend New Orleans, Louisiana, against British invasion; a series of skirmishes over the next few weeks culminated in the Battle of New Orleans. [ Test your knowledge of U.S. history.]