On this Date in 2002...

...Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez returns to office two days after being ousted and arrested by the country's military.  Upon arriving at his office he said, "Well, hi there!  Anybody miss me?"

On this Date in 1987...

...Portugal and the People's Republic of China sign an agreement in which Macau would be returned to China in 1999.  Thus began the 12 year dilemma to find a RMA kit big enough to return a colony.

On this Date in 467...

...Anthemius was proclaimed Western Roman Emperor at the third or twelfth mile from Rome.  Give or take 9 or 54 miles.

On this Date in 1990...

...customs officers in Middlesbrough, United Kingdom, say they have seized what they believe to be the barrel of a massive gun on a ship bound for Iraq.  They later discover that it was just a large sewer pipe.

On this Date in 1971...

...Ping Pong Diplomacy: In an attempt to thaw relations with the United States, the People's Republic of China hosts the U.S. table tennis team for a weeklong visit.  Many Chinese were amazed at the skill of one of the members of the team, Forrest Gump.

On this Date in 1945...

...World War II: The German pocket battleship Admiral Scheer is sunk.  To be fair, though, it was a rather small battleship.

On this Date in 1904...

...Longacre Square in Midtown Manhattan is renamed Times Square after The New York Times.  Also, because no-one liked saying Longacre.