1947: In his first televised White House address, President Truman asks Americans to refrain from eating meat on Tuesdays and poultry on Thursdays to help stockpile grain for starving people in Europe.
1953: Earl Warren is sworn in as the 14th chief justice of the United States.
1970: In Egypt, Anwar Sadat is chosen by the ruling party to succeed Gamal Abdel Nasser as president.
1989: The Dalai Lama, the exiled religious and political leader of Tibet, is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in recognition of his nonviolent campaign to end the Chinese domination of Tibet.
2001: Robert Stevens, a photo editor at the Sun, a Florida tabloid owned by American Media Inc., dies of anthrax inhalation; he is one of three of the firm's employees to be diagnosed with the disease, sparking an FBI investigation and a nationwide bioterrorism scare. SOURCES: Associated Press; World Almanac; History.com
