1898 – Scientists Pierre and Marie Curie discover radium
1907 – Dutch government of De Master falls due to war budget
1909 – U of Coopenhagen rejects Cook’s claim that he was 1st to North Pole
1923 – Nepal changes from British protectorate to independent nation
1958 – Charles de Gaulle wins 7 year term as 1st pres of 5th Rep of France
1968 – Apollo 8 (Borman, Lovell & Anders) 1st manned Moon voyage
1972 – Soviet Union signs a separate peace with East Germany
1973 – Israel, Egypt, Syria, Jordan, US & USSR meet in Geneva to discuss the Arab-Israeli conflict
1987 – Soyuz TM-4 launches 3 cosmonauts to space station Mir
