1872-Volcano Vesuvius erupts
1888-Eastman Kodak forms
1897-Reporter, William Price (Washington Star), first to be assigned to White House
1898-U.S. fleet under commodore Dewey sails from Hong Kong to Philippines
1929-First non-stop England to India flight takes-off
1944-RAF bombs Munich
1950-President Harry Truman denies there are communists in U.S. government
1955-Conference of Bandung against colonialism/for self determination ends
1955-Gaullists lose elections in France
1963-English princess Alexandra marries Sir Angus Ogilvy
1968-Leftist students take over Columbia University in New York
1970-People's Rebublic of China launches its first satellite transmitting song "East is Red"
1981-IBM-PC computer introduced
1983-Austrian socialist party loses parliamentary election
11992-David Bowie marries model Iman in Switzerland
1994-Bomb attack in center of Johannesburg, 9 killed
1995-Dow Jones Index hits record 4303.98
1995-Package bomb, linked to Unabomber, blows up killing Gilbert B. Murray