1990 Event U.S. warships in Persian Gulf placed on alert after Iraq masses nearly 30,000 troops near its border with Kuwait 1968 Event Diocese of Rome announces that it "deplored the concept," but wouldn't prohibit rock and roll masses at Church of San Lessio Falconieri 1883 Birthday Max F Eastman, U.S., critic/essayist, Masses 1792 Event Paris masses remove nobles/clergymen out of jails and slaughter them 1788 Event Masses stone French government army at Grenoble