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Today in 1954, 72 years ago: The Detroit Red Wings played in the first outdoor hockey game by any NHL team in an exhibition against the Marquette Branch Prison Pirates in Marquette, Michigan.
Today in 1995, 31 years ago: the Council of Europe approved the European Convention on Bioethics, the first research instrument in the medical and scientific fields.
Today in 1971, 55 years ago: Ecuador requests the withdrawal of US forces stationed in its territory.
Today in 1913, 113 years ago: Grand Central Terminal, the largest railway station in the world, opens in New York.
Today in 1959, 67 years ago: Indira Gandhi, daughter of Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru, is appointed President of the Indian Congress Party.
Today in 1814, 212 years ago: the Spanish Cortes set a series of measures in the face of the imminent return of Ferdinand VII, in order to impose themselves on the monarch (the absolutists' last hope for restoring the old regime). Thus, the Regency marks the itinerary that the monarch must follow on his return, the honors with which he must be received and the oath of the Constitution of 1812 as a preliminary step for his recognition.
Today in 2004, 22 years ago: in Lake Alberto (Uganda) 42 people died in the wreck of a ferry.
Today in 1964, 62 years ago: in the Basque Country, the police arrested seven activists of the Basque Nationalist Party.
Today in 1887, 139 years ago: In Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania, the first Groundhog Day is observed.
Today in 1814, 212 years ago: The last of the River Thames frost fairs comes to an end.