1959 - Dalai Lama flees China and is granted political asylum in India.
1867 - Alaska Purchase: US buys Alaska from Russia for $7,200,000 ($109 million in 2018), roughly 2 cents an acre.
1870 -"15th Amendment to the US constitution is adopted, guarantees right to vote regardless of race.
1981 - "Chariots of Fire" directed by Hugh Hudson and starring Ben Cross and Ian Charleson premieres at a Royal Command Film Performance (Best Picture 1982).
1867 - Alaska Purchase: US buys Alaska from Russia for $7,200,000 ($109 million in 2018), roughly 2 cents an acre.
1870 -"15th Amendment to the US constitution is adopted, guarantees right to vote regardless of race.
1981 - "Chariots of Fire" directed by Hugh Hudson and starring Ben Cross and Ian Charleson premieres at a Royal Command Film Performance (Best Picture 1982).
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