1908-Fourth Olympic games end in London
1922-Benito Mussolini (Il Duce) becomes premier of Italy
1952-First thermonuclear bomb detonated-Marshall Islands
1954-Algerian Revolution against French begins
1956-Britain & France begin to bomb Egypt to reopen the Suez Canal
1956-Brooklyn, N.Y. ends streetcar service
1959-Lee Harvey Oswald announces in Moscow he will never return to U.S.
1967-Nguyen Van Thieu took oath of office as 1st pres of S. Vietnam second Rep
1968-President Johnson orders a halt to all bombing of North Vietnam
1969-George Harrison's "Something" is released in U.K.
1987-A pair in Coventry, England ties the world record for the longest singles tennis match at 80 hrs 21 minutes
1988-Journalists demand greater press freedom in Yugoslavia