1940 The London Blitz began when the German Luftwaffe bombed the East End docklands, killing over 400 people. 1966 Hendrik Verwoerd, prime minister of South Africa and the architect of apartheid, was fatally stabbed by Dimitri Tsafendas during a parliamentary meeting. 1948 At a press conference in Ottawa, Taoiseach John A. Costello announced that he ... Read more
