•    1814 Napoleon I of France wins the Battle of Craonne.
  •    1876 Alexander Graham Bell patents telephone
  •    1876 Battle at Gura: Ethiopian emperor Yohannes beats Egyptians
  •    1918 World War I: Finland forms an alliance with Germany.
  •    1926 1st transatlantic telephone call (London-NY)
  •    1962 Launch of OSO 1, 1st astronomy satellite (solar flare data)
  •    1996 1st surface photos of Pluto (photographed by Hubble Space Telescope)