On this day...
1911-Sun Yat-sen's revolutionaries overthrow Manchus (Taiwan Nat'l Day)
1933-1st synthetic detergent for home use marketed
1957-Pres Eisenhower apologizes to finance minister of Ghana, Komla Agbeli Gbdemah, after he is refused service in a Dover, Del, restaurant
1963-Treaty banning atmospheric nuclear tests signed by US, UK, USSR
1964-18th modern Olympic Games opens in Tokyo
1975-Liz Taylor's 6th marriage (re-marries Richard Burton)
1978-British pop magazine "Smash Hits," 1st published
1979-Panama assumes sovereignty over Canal Area (ie Canal Zone)
1980-4,500 die when a pair of earthquakes strikes NW Algeria
1980-Yanks lose 4-2 & are swept by Royals in the AL Championship series
1981-Anwar Sadat's funeral service is held in Cairo
1986-7.5 Earthquake strikes San Salvador, El Salvador
1986-Israel Prime Minister Shimon Peres resigns
1991-Greyhound Bus ends bankruptcy
1992-Floriade (Flower Show) closes at the Hague, Netherlands