1914-St. Petersburg, Russia changes name to Petrograd
1923-Earthquake strikes Tokyo & Yokohama, kills 106,000
1941-Yellow star becomes obligatory for Jews to wear under the Third Reich
1945-Japan surrenders ending WW II (US date, 9/2 in Japan)
1948-Communists form North China People's Republic
1948-U.N'.s World Health Organization forms
1956-Indian state of Tripura becomes a territory
1962-10,000 die in an earthquake in western Iran
1962-U.N. announces Earth's population has hit 3 billion
1969-Libyan revolution, Col. Muammar Gadhafi deposes King Idris
1971-Qatar declares independence from Britain
1972-Bobby Fischer (U.S.) defeats Boris Spassky (USSR) for world chess title
1973-George Foreman KOs Jose Roman in the first round to retain heavyweight title
1982- Palestinian Liberation Organization leaves Lebanon
1983-Korean Boeing 747 strays into Siberia & is shot down by a Soviet jet
1985-U.S.-French expedition locates wreckage of Titanic off Newfoundland
1989-Princess Anne & Mark Phillips announce their separation