1858- First telegraph line established across the Atlantic Ocean.
1914- The US declares neutrality during World War I.
1915- The German forces occupy Warsaw in World War I.
1963- The US, the Soviet Union and the UK sign the Nuclear Test-Ban Treaty.
1966- Spain bans British airplanes from flying over its territories due to dispute over Gibraltar.
1969- Mariner 7 aircraft sends clear pictures of Mars surface.
2003- 12 people killed in a car bomb attack on the Marriott Hotel in Jakarta.
2009- Mahmoud Ahmadinejad begins his second term as Iran’s president.
2010- Copiapo mine in Chile collapses.
Born Today:
1802- Norwegian mathematician Niels Henrik Abel.
1879- Syrian Thinker Sati’ al-Husari.
Passed Away:
1792- British Prime Minister Frederick North.
1957- German chemist Heinrich Otto Wieland.
R. J/H. Said