1456-23rd recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet
1822-Charles Graham receives 1st patent for false teeth
1898-China leases Hong Kong's new territories to Britain for 99 years
1928-First aerial cross of the Pacific lands in Brisbane Australia
1931-Firstshowing of a Donald Duck cartoon
1954-Joseph Welch asks Sen Joseph McCarthy "Have you no sense of decency, sir?" during Senate-Army hearings
1959-First ballistic missile sub launched (George Washington-Groton, Ct)
1977-Silver jubilee of Queen Elizabeth celebrated with fireworks
1978-Gutenberg Bible (1 of 21) sells for $2.4 million, London
1979-Michael Cairney topples a record row of 169,713 dominoes
1980-Soyuz T-2 returns to Earth
1982-Israel wipes out Syrian SAM missiles in Bekaa Valley
1984-"Laserphonic Fantasy" premieres
1984-Cyndi Lauper's 1st #1 "Time After Times"
1988 -Attorney General Meese orders Joseph Doherty deported to the U.K.
1997 -British lease on New Territories in Hong Kong expires