1867-Bricklayers start working 8-hour days
1893-Thomas Edison completes worlds 1st movie studio (West Orange NJ)
1951-U.N. condemns People's Republic of China as aggressor in Korea
1961-First full-scale test of US Minuteman ICBM is successful
1965-Martin Luther King Jr & 700 demonstrators arrested in Selma AL
1969-Jim Morrison arrested for exposing himself in concert
1972-First scientific hand-held calculator (HP-35) introduced ($395)
1976-Sonny & Cher resume TV show, despite real-life divorce
1978-Director Roman Polanski skips bail & fled to France after pleading guilty to charges of engaging in sex with a 13-year-old girl
1978-Harriet Tubman is 1st black woman honored on a US postage stamp
1979-Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini returns to Iran after 15 years in exile
1982-Senegal & Gambia form loose confederation (Senegambia)
1982-"Late Night With David Letterman" debuts on NBC-TV
1984-China & Netherlands regain diplomatic relations
1986-Singer Diana Ross marries Norwegian businessman Arne Naess in Switzerland
1989-Princess Diana of England visits New York, N.Y.
1991-President F. W. de Klerk, says he would repeal all apartheid laws
1991-Afghanistan/Pakistan hit by earthquake, 1,200 die
1992-Barry Bonds signs baseball's highest single year contract ($4.7 million)
1995-Amtrak New York-Tampa run ends
1998-86th Australian Mens Tennis Petr Korda beats Marcelo Rios (6-2 6-2 6-2)