1733 - 1st polar bear exhibited in America (Boston)
1871 - 2nd German Empire proclaimed by Kaiser Wilhelm I & Bismarck
1896 - 1st demonstration of an x-ray machine in U.S. (New York City, NY)
1896 - British troops occupy Kumasi, West Africa
1929 - Stalin proposes to ban Trotsky from the Politburo
1930 - Dmitri Shostakovich's opera "The Nose" premieres in Leningrad
1951 - 1st use of lie detector in Netherlands
1951 - Hermann Flake sentenced to death due to "hate campaign against German Democratic Republic"
1958 - 1st black in the NHL (William O'Ree, Boston Bruins)
1964 - Beatles 1st appearance in Billboard Chart (I Want to Hold Your Hand-#35)
1964 - Plans for the World Trade Center announced (New York City, NY)
1980 - Gold reaches $1,000 an ounce
1986 - AIDS charity record "That's What Friends are For" hits #1
1991 - Iraq launches SCUD missiles against Israel