1839-First opium war-2 British frigates engage several Chinese junks
1903-Colombia grants Panama independence
1908-William Howard Taft (R) elected 27th U.S. president over William Jennings Bryan
1928-Turkey switches from Arabic to Roman alphabet
1954 Linus Pauling wins Nobel Chemistry Prize
1955-First virus crystallized
1979-63 Americans taken hostage at U.S. embassy in Teheran, Iran
1984-3,000 die in 3 day anti-Sikh riot in India
1984-Body of assassinated Indian PM Indira Gandhi cremated
1988-Pakistan claims it downed Afghan warplane
1988-Soviet Union agrees to allow teaching of Hebrew
1992-Bill Clinton elected U.S. president
1903-Colombia grants Panama independence
1908-William Howard Taft (R) elected 27th U.S. president over William Jennings Bryan
1928-Turkey switches from Arabic to Roman alphabet
1954 Linus Pauling wins Nobel Chemistry Prize
1955-First virus crystallized
1979-63 Americans taken hostage at U.S. embassy in Teheran, Iran
1984-3,000 die in 3 day anti-Sikh riot in India
1984-Body of assassinated Indian PM Indira Gandhi cremated
1988-Pakistan claims it downed Afghan warplane
1988-Soviet Union agrees to allow teaching of Hebrew
1992-Bill Clinton elected U.S. president
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