1718-James Puckle, a London lawyer, patents world's first machine gun
1911-Supreme Court dissolves Standard Oil (Sherman Antitrust Act)
1928-Mickey Mouse made his first appearance
1940-Winston Churchill flies to Paris France
1948-Egypt, Lebanon, Syria, Iraq & Saudi-Arabia troops attack Israel
1961-36 Unification church couples wed in Korea
1966-South Vietnamese army battle Buddhists, about 80 die
1970-Beatles' last LP, "Let It Be" is released in U.S.
1972-Bus plunges into Nile River killing 50 pilgrims (Minia Egypt)
1988-Moscow begins withdrawing its 115,000 troops in Afghanistan
1989-Maxwell House coffee runs ads during "Roe vs Wade" movie despite threat of boycott by right to lifers
1989-Soviet President Gorbachev in Beijing for first Sino-Soviet summit in 30 years
1991-Nepal premier Bhattarai resigns
1991-President Bush takes Queen Elizabeth to Oakland A's-Baltimore Oriole game
1995-China People's Republic performs nuclear test at Lop Nor, China