On this day...
1877-Thomas Edison demonstrates the hand-cranked phonograph
1944-John Hopkins hospital performs first open heart surgery
1945-Monarchy abolished as Yugoslavia proclaims it's republic
1947-U.N. Gen. Assembly partitions Palestine between Arabs & Jews
1952-President-elect Eisenhower visits Korea to assess the war
1975-Kilauea Volcano erupts in Hawaii
1978-U.N. observes "international day of solidarity with the Palestinian people," boycotted by U.S. & about 20 other countries
1987-Korean Air Boeing 707 disappears off Burma, on route to Seoul. All 115 lost
1994-Russian aircraft bomb Chechen capital of Grozney