1928 – 1st autogyro flight in US
1932 – British Broadcasting Corp begins transmitting overseas
1941 – Hitler takes complete command of German Army
1945 – Austrian Republic re-establishes
1946 – War breaks out in Indochina as Ho Chi Minh attacks French in Hanoi
1950 – Gen Eisenhower named NATO commander
1950 – Tibet’s Dalai Lama flees Chinese invasion
1958 – 1st radio broadcast from space (President Eisenhower voice “To all mankind, America’s wish for Peace on Earth & Good Will to Men Everywhere”)
1971 – NASA launches Intelsat 4 F-3 for COMSAT Corp
1972 – Apollo 17 (last of Apollo Moon landing series) returns to Earth
1989 – American Airlines purchases Eastern Airline’s Latin American route
2012 – Park Geun-hye wins the South Korean presidential election to become the nation’s first female president
