On this day:
1957 The International Atomic Energy Agency is established
2008 United States Congress apologizes for slavery
Born on this day:
1904 J. R. D. Tata, Indian industrialist
1905 Dag Hammarskjöld, Swedish diplomat, economist, author, 2nd Secretary-General of the United Nations, Nobel Prize Laureate
Gone on this day:
1890 Vincent van Gogh, Dutch painter