BITS OF HISTORY

1966: Indira Gandhi was elected prime minister of India in succession to Lal Shastri who died on January 11. Shastri had succeeded Gandhi's father, Jawaharlal Nehru.

1991: At least three Iraqi SCUD missiles hit Tel Aviv.

1997: Yasser Arafat returns to Hebron after more than 30 years and joins some 25,000 people celebrating after Israel handed over control of the West Bank city.