1625-Portuguese & Spanish expedition recaptures Salvador (Bahia)
1851-Great Exhibition opens in London's Hyde Park, at Crystal Palace
1914-China's first president Yuan Shikai wins dictatorial qualification
1943-Food rationing begins in U.S.
1960-India's Bombay state split into Gujarat & Maharashtra states
1961-Fidel Castro announces there will be no more elections in Cuba
1963-First American (James Whittaker) conquers Mount Everest
1963-Indonesia takes control of Irian Jaya (west New Guinea) from Netherlands
1964-First BASIC program runs on a computer (Dartmouth)
1965-USSR launches Luna 5; later impacts on Moon
1969-43 Unification church couples wed in NYC
1972-North Vietnamese troops occupy Quang Tri Activities Committee
1978-Naomi Uemura became 1st to reach North Pole overland alone
1986-Tass reports Chernobyl nuclear power plant mishap
1991-Angola's civil war ends
1993-Bomb attack on Sri Lankan President (26 die)
1997-Toni Blair elected PM of U.K.