Year : 1798
Events : Napoleon captures Alexandria, Egypt.
Year : 1877
Events : 1st telephone & telegraph line in Hawaii completed.
Year : 1877
Events : 1st US municipal railroad, Cincinnati Southern, begins operations.
Year : 1880
Events : 1st commercial hydroelectric power planet begins, Grand Rapids Mich.
Year : 1904
Events : Ice cream cone created by Charles E Menches during La Purchase Expo.
Year : 1914
Events : Austria-Hungary issues ultimatum to Serbia leading to World War I.
Year : 1920
Events : Kenya becomes a British crown colony.
Year : 1956
Events : Bell X-2 rocket plane sets world aircraft speed record of 3,050 kph.
Year : 1964
Events : Egyptian munition ship "Star of Alexandria" explodes at dockside.
Year : 1968
Events : PLO's 1st hijaking of an El Al plane.
Year : 1972
Events : 1st Earth Resources Technology Satellite (ERTS) is launched.
Year : 1986
Events : Britain's Prince Andrew marries Sarah Ferguson.
Year : 1983
Events : Kalpakkam Power Station, Madras - First unit commissioned by the Prime Minister.
Year : 1993
Events : Second Indian-made multipurpose satellite INSAT-2B blasts off into space by Ariane Launch vechile from Kourou. [French Guyana]
Year : 1997
Events : Government notifies Prasar Bharti Act with effect from 15-09-1997.
Year : 1999
Events : Indian student win Five Silver medals and three Bronze medals at the 40th International Mathmatical Olymbia at Bucharest (Romania).
Year : 1999
Events : The Dumada-Ajaisar barren land development project in Ajmer district of Rajasthan selected for the prestigious Indira Priyadarshini Vrikshamitra Prize by the Union Forest and Environment Ministry.
Year : 1999
Events : The space shuttle Columbia commanded for the first time by a woman Col.Eileen Collins blasts off into space from Cape Canaveral, Florida.
Year : 1927
Events : The first news broadcasting in India, went on the air from a privately-owned Radio station at Bombay.
Year : 1998
Events : Pakistan finally declines to sign CTBT.
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