On this day:
1964: Nelson Mandela is sentenced to life in prison
1991: Boris Yeltsin becomes Russia’s first President
1994: The world’s largest twinjet, Boeing 777, takes off on its maiden flight
Born on this day:
1929: Anne Frank, German/Dutch author, Holocaust victim
2000: P. L. Deshpande, the Indian Marathi writer, dies at 80