1794, <cite index="6-1">Maximilien Robespierre, architect of the French Revolution's Reign of Terror, is overthrown and arrested by the National Convention.</cite> Learn more → - 1866, <cite index="8-5">Cyrus W. Field finishes laying the first successful transatlantic telegraph cable connecting North America and Europe.</cite> Learn more → - 1890, <cite index="1-2,1-3">Vincent van Gogh shot himself in the chest and died two days later from the wound.</cite> Learn more → - 1909, <cite index="8-6">Orville Wright flew himself and passenger Lt. Frank Lahm above Fort Myer, Virginia, for one hour and 12 minutes during the U.S. Army's first official airplane test.</cite> Learn more → - 1949, <cite index="6-3">The world's first jet-propelled airliner, the British de Havilland Comet, made its maiden test flight in England.</cite> Learn more → - 1953, <cite index="1-4">The Korean War Armistice Agreement was signed, ending three years of intense fighting on the peninsula.</cite> Learn more → - 1974, <cite index="1-14">The House Judiciary Committee voted to impeach President Richard Nixon for obstruction of justice in the Watergate scandal.</cite> Learn more → - 1996, <cite index="1-15">A bomb exploded at Centennial Olympic Park in Atlanta during the Summer Olympics, killing two people and injuring 111 others.</cite> Learn more →