The USS Maine blew up in Havana harbor in 1898, starting off the Spanish-American War.
President Rutherford Hayes signed a bill allowing female attorneys to argue cases before the Supreme Court on this day in history 1879.
The Maple Leaf Flag officially became the new national flag of Canada in 1965.
On this day in history 1989 more than 100,000 Soviet troops withdrew from Afghanistan almost 10 years after the USSR invaded the country.
Millions of protesters around the world demonstrated against the threat of a U.S. war on Iraq in 2003.