1866 ― Indelible pencil patented by Edson P Clark, Northampton, MA
1886 ― Eruption of Tarawera volcano destroys famous pink & white
calcium carbonate hot-spring terraces (North Island, New Zealand)
1890 ― Wyoming becomes 44th state
1892 ― First concrete-paved street built (Bellefontaine, Ohio)
1918 ― Russian Soviet Federal Socialist Republic established
1923 ― Italian government dissolves all non-fascist parties
1929 ― U.S. issues newer, smaller-sized paper currency
1933 ― First police radio system operated, Eastchester Township, NY
1940 ― Battle of Britain begins as Nazi forces commence bombing raids
1943 ― Allied forces invade Sicily in WWII
1949 ― First practical rectangular TV tube announced in Toledo, OH
1951 ― Armistice talks to end Korean conflict begin at Kaesong
1958 ― First parking meters installed in England (625 installed)
1985 ― Coca-Cola Co. announces it will resume selling old formula Coke