1980 - President Carter inaugurated the Department of Health and Human Services.
On this date:
1643 - Louis the 14th became King of France at age four upon the death of his father, Louis the 13th.
1804 - the Lewis and Clark expedition to explore the Louisiana Territory left St. Louis.
1904 - the first Olympic games to be held in the United States opened in St. Louis.
1942 - Aaron Copland's "Lincoln Portrait" was first performed by the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra.
1942 - the Women's Auxiliary Army Corps was established.
1948 - the independent state of Israel was proclaimed in Tel Aviv.
1955 - representatives from eight Communist bloc countries, including the Soviet Union, signed the Warsaw Pact in Poland.
1973 - the United States launched Skylab One, its first manned space station.
1975 - US forces raided the Cambodian island of Koh Tang and recaptured the American merchant ship Mayaguez. All 40 crew members were released safely by Cambodia, but some 40 US servicemen were killed in the military operation.
1998 - singer-actor Frank Sinatra died at a Los Angeles hospital at age 82.
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