1820-U.S. Navy Captain Nathaniel B Palmer discovers Antarctica
1865 Mark Twain publishes "Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County"
1918-Latvia declares independence from Russia
1936-Germany & Italy recognized Spanish government of Francisco Franco
1936-Main span of Golden Gate Bridge joined
1958-First true reservoir in Jerusalem opens
1964-J. Edgar Hoover describes Martin Luther King as "most notorious liar"
1970-Russia lands self propelled rover on the Moon
1976-Spain's parliament establishes democracy after 37 years of dictatorship
1987-31 die in a fire at King's Cross, London's busiest subway station
1991-France deports Marlon's daughter Cheyenne Brando to Tahiti