1754-First newspaper cartoon in America-divided snake "Join or Die"
1941-British intelligence at Bletchley Park breaks German spy codes after capturing Enigma machines aboard the weather ship Muenchen
1951-Air raid on Chinese positions at Yalu River
1955-German Federal Republic (West Germany) joins NATO
1956-War Reparations and Peace Settlement between Philippines and Japan was finally signed at Malacañang Palace under Magsaysay administration
1981-The Motherland Monument at 62 m (203 ft) high is opened in Kyiv, Ukraine in ceremony attended by Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev
1989-Journalist petition Chinese government for freedom of press
2004-Chechen president Akhmad Kadyrov is killed in a land mine bomb blast under a VIP stage during a World War II memorial victory parade in Grozny, Chechnya
2005-Liberal commentary website The Huffington Post is launched