Today's Highlight in History: 1971 - US table tennis team arrives in China PR

On this date:
In 1847, American newspaperman Joseph Pulitzer was born in Mako, Hungary.

In 1866, the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals was incorporated.

In 1912, the luxury liner RMS Titanic set sail from Southampton, England, on its ill-fated maiden voyage.

1925, the novel "The Great Gatsby," by F. Scott Fitzgerald, was first published by Scribner's of New York.

In 1932, German president Paul Von Hindenburg was re-elected, with Adolf Hitler coming in second.

In 1938 Austria becomes a state of Germany

In 1944 Soviet forces liberate Odessa from Nazis

In 1959, Japan's Crown Prince Akihito married a commoner, Michiko Shoda.

In 1963, the nuclear-powered submarine USS "Thresher" failed to surface off Cape Cod, Massachusetts, in a disaster that claimed 129 lives.

In 1972, the United States and the Soviet Union joined some 70 nations in signing an agreement banning biological warfare.

In 1974, Golda Meir announced her resignation as prime minister of Israel.

In 1974 Yitzhak Rabin replaces resigning Israeli PM Golda Meir

In 1995 Chen Yun, VPM of China (1949-75, 79-80), dies

In 1998, the Northern Ireland peace talks concluded as negotiators reached a landmark settlement to end 30 years of bitter rivalries and bloody attacks.