•    1791 Long-distance communication speeds up with the unveiling of a semaphore machine in Paris.
  •    1865 Second Taranaki War: The Volkner Incident in New Zealand.
  •    1933 Most powerful earthquake in 180 years hit Japan
  •    1934 Union Pacific tests light-weight high-speed passenger train, Omaha
  •    1941 World War II: First German military units enter Bulgaria after it joined the Axis Pact.
  •    1945 US 8th Air Force bombs Dresden
  •    1968 USAF displays Lockheed C-5A Galaxy, biggest plane in the world
  •    1968 USSR launches space probe Zond 4; fails to leave Earth orbit