1914-Panama Canal between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans opened to oceangoing vessels.
1945-Relations between the US and Russia cut in the wake of the Bolshevik Revolution.
1945- Japan announces its unconditional surrender in World War II.
1947- Declaring the independence of India.
1960- Congo-Brazzaville achieves its independence from France.
1975- President of Bangladesh Mujibur Rahman assassinated as part of a military coup
2004- Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez wins a new presidential term.
Born Today:
1769- French Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte.
1771- Walter Scott, Scottish poet and writer.
Passed Away:
1040- King Duncan I OF Scotland.
1936- Italian author Grazia Deledda.
Occasions:
Mother’s Day in Costa Rica.
R.J/ Mazen