1993
Russian President Boris Yeltsin ordered tanks to storm the parliament building, crushing a hardline Communist rebellion.
1989
Death of Graham Chapman, British comedian (Monty Python)
1988
American televangelist Jim Bakker was charged with fraud .
1983
British driver Richard Noble set a new land speed record of 633.468 mph (1,019 km/h) driving ‘Thrust II’ at Black Rock Desert, Nevada.
1962
Beatles release 1st single - Love me Do
1958
BOAC (now British Airways) launched the first regular transatlantic passenger jet service, between London and New York.
1957
The Soviet Union put the first man-made satellite, Sputnik I, into orbit.
1883
Foundation of the Boys' Brigade in Glasgow by William Smith
1883
The first Boys’ Brigade meeting was held in Glasgow, Scotland .
1859
Death of Karl Baedeker, German publisher of guidebooks for tourists
1858
Birth of Mihajlo Idvorski Pupin (also known as Michael Pupin), Serbian physicist who greatly extended the range of long-distance telephones.
1535
1st English Translation of the Bible printed