MORE EVENTS ON THIS DAY

2015: American architect and designer Michael Graves, who was one of the principal figures of the postmodernist movement, died at age 80. [ Sort fact from fiction in our art and architecture quiz.]

2009: American hedge-fund investment manager Bernie Madoffpled guilty to various crimes related to his operation of a Ponzi scheme that was one of the largest in the world; he was sentenced to 150 years in prison. [ Test your knowledge of criminality and famous outlaws.]

2003: The World Health Organization (WHO) issued a worldwide health alert, one of the first in a decade, regarding an illness it later called severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) that struck hundreds of people in China, Hong Kong, and Vietnam. [ Take our viruses, bacteria, and diseases quiz.]

1999: Poland, Hungary, and the Czech Republic became members of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) shortly before the group's 50th anniversary. [Sort fact from fiction in our quiz about world organizations.]

1993: American lawyer and public official Janet Reno was sworn in as U.S. attorney general, becoming the first woman to hold the office. [Test your knowledge of women's famous firsts.]