1911-Sun Yat-sen's revolutionaries overthrow Manchus (Taiwan Nat'l Day)
1933-First synthetic detergent for home use marketed
1943-Chiang Kai-shek takes oath of office as president of China
1964-18th modern Olympic games opens in Tokyo
1970-Fiji gains independence from Britain (National Day)
1976-Greece's 98 year-old Dimitrion Yordanidis, is oldest man to compete in a marathon; he finishes in 7:33
1981-Anwar Sadat's funeral service is held in Cairo
1982-Pope John Paul II canonizes Rev. M. Kolbe, who volunteered to die in place of another inmate at Auschwitz concentration camp, a saint
1986-7.5 Earthquake strikes San Salvador, El Salvador
1986-Israel Prime Minister Shimon Peres resigns
1992-Flower Show closes at the Hague, Netherlands