356-Roman Emperor Constantius II shuts all heathen temples
1600-Peruvian stratovolcano Huaynaputina explodes in the most violent eruption in South American recorded history
1878-Thomas Edison is granted a patent for his cylinder phonograph
1942-An estimated 150 Japanese warplanes attack the Australian city of Darwin
1945-U.S. 5th Fleet launches invasion of Iwo Jima against the Japanese with 30,000 U.S. Marines
1955-South East Asia Collective Defense Treaty goes into effect
1985-150 killed when a Spanish jetliner crashes approaching Bilbao, Spain
1985-Mickey Mouse welcomed in China
1998-U.S. hockey team destroys their rooms at Olympic village in Japan
2008-Toshiba announces its formal recall of its HD DVD video format, ending the format war between it and Sony's Blu-Ray Disc