This day in history

Condoleezza Rice is confirmed as Secretary of State. She is the highest ranking African-American woman ever to serve in a presidential cabinet.
 

A massive earthquake hits western India and parts of Pakistan. Thousands of people are killed.
 

At a Whitehouse news conference, Bill Clinton denies having an affair with Monica Lewinsky. Clinton said, ‘I did not have sexual relations with that woman..’
 

Unemployment in Britain exceeds three million.

India becomes an independent Republic.

Spanish Civil War: Barcelona falls to the forces of General Franco.