2014 Event Papua New Guinea is shaken by a 7.1-magnitude earthquake with an aftershock registering at 6.1 on the Richter scale; the quakes were centered off the island of Bougainville 1963 Event Governor Wallace tries to prevent blacks registering at University of Alabama 1917 Event 10 million U.S. men begin registering for draft in WW I 1917 Event American men begin registering for the draft