Today in History

Enron files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, one of the most complex bankruptcy cases in US history.

UK devolves political power in Northern Ireland to the Northern Ireland Executive, the administrative branch of the North Ireland legislature.

NASA launches Space Shuttle Endeavor on a mission to repair the Hubble Space Telescope.

Dentist Barney Clark receives the first permanent artificial heart, developed by Dr. Robert K. Jarvik.

Brittany Spears, singer, songwriter, actress; her … Baby One More Time (1999) became the best-selling album to date (2013) by a teenage solo artist.

A death squad in El Salvador murders four US nuns and churchwomen.

The U.S. Senate votes to give 48,000 acres of New Mexico back to the Taos Indians.

Brazil sends Juan Peron back to Spain, foiling his efforts to return to his native land.

Ann Patchett, author; her novel Bel Canto received the Orange Prize for Fiction and the PEN/Faulkner Award (2002).

Stone Phillips, Emmy-winning journalist; co-anchor of Dateline NBC.

T. Corgaghessan Boyle, novelist and short story writer (Water Music).

The United States and Great Britain merge their German occupation zones.

Ibrahim Rugova, first President of Kosovo (1992–2000) and was re-elected by parliament (2002–2006).

The Allies repel a strong Axis attack in Tunisia, North Africa.