1935-Quake kills 50,000 in Quetta, Pakistan
1940-Prime Minister Winston Churchill flies to Paris
1953-Lebanese President Camille Shamun disbands government
1957-Great Britain performs nuclear test at Christmas Island (atmospheric)
1961-JFK visits Charles de Gaulle in Paris
1969-Stevie Wonder releases "My Cherie Amour"
1974-Israel & Syria sign an agreement concerning Golan Heights
1977-"Beatlemania" opens at Winter Garden Theater NYC for 920 performances
1979-Zimbabwe proclaims independence
1985-New Orleans Saints are sold for $70,204,000
1991-Oldest bride - Minnie Munro, 102, weds Dudley Reid, 83, in Australia
1991-Sides in Angola sign a treaty ending 16 year civil war