1922 - After boycotts and international pressure‚ Japan agrees to return Shantung Province to China 1933 - German President Paul von Hindenburg limits freedom of the press 1937 - Jim Margie‚ Philadelphia‚ bowls 900 in 3 (unsanctioned) games 1951 - US male Figure Skating championship won by Richard Button 1964 - FAA begins 6 month test of reactions to sonic booms over Oklahoma City 1972 - Dutch speed skater Ard Schenk wins the 5‚000m at the Sapporo Winter Olympics; also wins the 1‚500m and 10‚000m gold medals 1974 - Chimpanzee Nim Chimsky signs his 1st word‚ at 2½ months 1985 - 20 countries (but not US) sign UN treaty outlawing torture 1997 - O.J. Simpson found liable in the deaths of Ron Goldman and Nicole Simpson in a civil court action 1999 - Unarmed West African immigrant Amadou Diallo is shot dead by four plainclothes New York City police officers on an unrelated stake-out‚ inflaming race-relations in the city. More Historical Events »