Year : 1864
Events : Confederate sub "HL Hunley" sinks Union ship "Housatonic" (1st submarine to sink an enemy ship)
Year : 1867
Events : 1st ship passes through Suez Canal
Year : 1870
Events : Esther Morris appointed 1st female judge
Year : 1878
Events : 1st Test Cricket II of Russia survives an assassination attempt
Year : 1882
Events : 1st Test Cricket match played at Sydney Cricket Ground
Year : 1897
Events : National Congress of Parents & Teachers (PTA) organizes (Washington DC)
Year : 1931
Events : 1st telecast of a sporting event in Japan (baseball)
Year : 1933
Events : 1st issue of "Newsweek" magazine published
Year : 1944
Events : US begins night bombing of Truk
Year : 1947
Events : Voice of America begins broadcasting to USSR
Year : 1957
Events : Suez Canal reopens
Year : 1959
Events : 1st weather satellite launched, Vanguard 2, 9.8 kg
Year : 1964
Events : US Supreme court rules - 1 man 1 vote (Westberry vs Sanders)
Year : 1965
Events : US Ranger 8 launched, will transmit 7, 137 lunar pictures
Year : 1972
Events : British Parliament votes to join European Common Market
Year : 1976
Events : New Zealand scores their 1st innings win in Test Cricket, vs India
Year : 1979
Events : Eric heiden equals skating world record 1000 meter (1:14.99)
Year : 1982
Events : Commencement of Sri Lanka's 1st Test Cricket match, vs England, Sri Lanka becomes eigth Test Playing Nation.
Year : 1983
Events : US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
Year : 1985
Events : 3rd person to receive an artificial heart (Murry Haydon)
Year : 1989
Events : 6-week study of Arctic atmosphere shows no ozone "hole"
Year : 1989
Events : USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakhstan/Semipalitinsk USSR
Year : 1996
Events : 1st full ODI for the Netherlands vs New Zealand, cricket World Cup Nolan Clarke makes ODI debut for Netherlands at age 47
Year : 1976
Events : Urban Ceilings Act comes into force.
Year : 1986
Events : Philosopher J.Krishnamurthi (90) dies.
Year : 1997
Events : Nawaz Sharif is sworn in as Pakistans 13th Prime Minister.
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