On this day...
1867-15th & last Tokugawa Shogun resigns in Japan
1884-George Eastman patents paper-strip photographic film
1950-Rev. Moon Sun-myoung liberated from Heungnam prison
1958-Malagasy Republic becomes autonomous republic in French Community
1960-Peace Corps 1st suggested by JFK
1964-Martin Luther King Jr. wins Nobel Peace Prize
1968 -Firsst live telecast from a manned US spacecraft (Apollo 7)
1980-President nominee Ronald Reagan promises to name a woman to Supreme Court
1982-6,000 Unification church couples wed in Korea
1986-Concentration camp survivor Elie Wiesel wins Nobel Peace Prize
1986-The IOC decides to stagger the Winter & Summer Olympic schedule
1988-Mike Tyson countersues Robin Givens for divorce and annulment