On December 15, 1961, former-Nazi leader Adolf Eichmann was sentenced to death in Jerusalem. Known as the "architect of the Holocaust," Eichmann escaped to Argentina after World War II, where he remained until he was captured by Israeli agents in 1960. #ThisDayAtLaw

On November 21, 1995, leaders of Croatia, Bosnia and Serbia agreed to the #DaytonAccords, ending the civil war in Bosnia & Herzegovina. The Accords were formally signed in Paris, France, on December 14. #ThisDayAtLaw

On November 18, 1976, the largely-appointed Parliament of #Spain voted to transition to elective #democracy. The vote came almost a year after the death of dictator #FranciscoFranco, who had governed the nation since 1936. #ThisDayAtLaw

On November 17, 1989, riot police put down student protests against the communist government in Czechoslovakia. The incident started the Velvet Revolution, a series of non-violent protests that finally forced the communists from power two weeks later. #ThisDayAtLaw