1904 - Anton Chekhov's "The Cherry Orchard" opens at the Moscow Art Theater
1917 ― U.S. pays Denmark $25 million for the Virgin Islands
1920 - Paul Deschanel elected President of France
1928 - 1st fully automatic photographic film developing machine patented
1929 - Popeye makes 1st appearance, in comic strip "Thimble Theatre"
1946 - United Nations Security Council holds its 1st meeting
1962 - NASA civilian pilot Neil A Armstrong takes X-15 to 40,690 m
1969 - Beatles release Yellow Submarine album in U.K.
1969 - Debut album of Led Zeppelin released in U.S.
1981 - Philippino President Marcos ends state of siege
1983 - Nigeria expels 2 million illegal aliens, mostly Ghanaians
1990 - Who, Simon & Garfunkel, 4 Seasons, 4 Tops, Hank Ballard, Platters & Kinks inducted into Cleveland's Rock & Roll
Hall of Fame
1991 - Iraq fires 8 SCUD missiles on Israel - 1st US pilot shot down (Jeffrey Zahn)