1817 ― English freighter Diana sinks off Malaysia
1918 ― Ukraine proclaimed a free republic (German puppet)
1932 ― British Anglicans & Old-Catholic church merge
1939 ― Uranium atom first split, Columbia University
1942 ― Japanese air raid on Rabaul, New Britain
1945 ― Burma highway reopens
1946 ― U.S. President sets up CIA, Central Intelligence Agency
1949 ― Chinatown telephone exchange closed
1959 ― USAF concludes less than 1 percent of UFO's are unknown objects
1960 ― French President De Gaulle escapes attempt by General Massu
1964 ― World's largest cheese (15,723 kg) manufactured, Wisconsin
1973 ― Roe vs Wade US Supreme Court legalizes some abortions
1994 ― 5.5 earthquake strikes Sumatra