In 1964, the musical %26quot;Hello, Dolly!%26quot; opened on Broadway, beginning a run of 2,844 performances.
In 1967, Alan S. Boyd was sworn in as the first secretary of transportation.
In 1989, three days of rioting erupted in Miami when a police officer fatally shot a black motorcyclist, causing a crash that also claimed the life of a passenger.
In 1991, the White House announced the start of Operation Desert Storm to drive Iraqi forces out of Kuwait.
In 1992, officials of the government of El Salvador and rebel leaders signed a pact in Mexico City ending 12 years of civil war.
Ten years ago: The Soviet Union sent more than eleven-thousand reinforcements to the Caucasus to halt a civil war between Armenians and Azerbaijanis.