1998
Al Qaeda exploded bombs at the US embassies in Nairobi, Kenya, and Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, killing 224 people and injuring more than 5,500.
Kenya
1959
The USA launched the Explorer 6 satellite, which sent back the first images of the Earth from space
United States
1957
Oliver Hardy died 1957 (born1892). Film comedian who made 200 films with Stan Laurel.
Great Britain
1938
Death of Konstantin Stanislavsky, actor and joint founder of the Moscow Arts Theatre
Russian Federation
1934
The Court of Appeal rejected the US Governments attempt to ban James Joyces novel Ulysses, allowing it to be published in the USA
United States
1933
The Iraqi government massacred over 3,000 Assyrians in the town of Simele (also known as Sumail).
Iraq
1926
Britains 1st Grand Prix is held at Brooklands
Great Britain
1876
Birth of Margaretha Geertruida Zelle, better know as Mata Hari, exectuted for spying during World War I.
Netherlands
1858
Queen Victoria chose Ottawa as the capital of Canada .
Canada
1834
Death of Joseph Marie Jacquard, French weaver, inventor of the Jacquard loom which used holes in a string of cards to weave intricate patterns
France