1057 ― Macbeth, King of Scotland, slain by son of King Duncan
1858 ― Regular mail to the Pacific coast begins
1870 ― Transcontinental Railway completed
1914 ― Panama Canal opens
1918 ― First full length cartoon (The Sinking of the Lusitania)
1918 ― U.S. & Russia sever diplomatic ties
1945 ― South Korea liberated from Japanese rule
1948 ― Republic of Korea (South Korea) proclaimed (National Day)
1960 ― Congo (Brazzaville) gains independence from France
1966 ― Radio Free Asia (South Korea) begins radio transmission
1973 ― Black September kills 3, wounds 55 in Athens
1974 ― South Korean President Park Chung-Hee escapes assassination attempt
1992 ― Colombo '92 (Expo '92) held in Genoa, Italy