Facts & Historical Events On This Day.
Peggy Whitson set a NASA record for spending the most cumulative days living and working in space at 665 days.
Egypt's state TV lifted the ban on veiled news presenters.
Google launched Google Chrome, its own cross-platform web browser.
The United States announced its recognition of Estonia, Latvia & Lithuania's independence as individual countries after the collapse of the Soviet Union.
Japan formally surrendered, officially bringing an end to the six years of World War II.
Bing Crosby made his nationwide solo radio debut.
Dieudonne Costes and Maurice Bellonte successfully flew the first non-stop transatlantic flight from east to west when they landed in New York City.
Machine guns were used for the first time in a battle in Omdurman, Sudan, Africa.
The largest known solar storm occurred, causing electrical problems to telegraph services.
Great Britain and its colonies spent their last day using the Julian calendar.
The Great Fire of London began.
The Wars of Castro ended when Pope Innocent X and his forces destroyed the Italian city of Castro.
The first battle between the Spanish settlers and the Mexican natives of the Otomi and Tlaxcalans tribespeople started.
Queen Cleopatra VII of Egypt named her son Ptolemy XV Caesar a co-ruler of Egypt.
