1915-Thomas Edison invents telescribe to record telephone conversations
1928-Umberto Nobile flies airship over North Pole again
1957-Anti-American riots breakout in Taipei, Taiwan
1964-Panic in Lima Peru soccer stadium, kills 300
1968-Haiti closes down shortwave station 4VEH for 40 days
1976-Muhammad Ali TKOs Richard Dunn in 5 for heavyweight boxing title
1979 Billy Martin issues a public apology to Reno sportswriter Ray Hagar
1979 USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakhstan/Semipalitinsk USSR
1980 "Rock Lobster" by B-52's hits #56
198- Iran rejects a call to the World Court to release U.S. hostages
1985-Cyclone hits Bangladesh; about 10,000 die
1989-"Indiana Jones & the Last Crusade" premieres
1993-Kurd rebellion kills 33 soldiers & 5 citizens in Turkey
1997-Telstar-5 Proton Launch, Successful