Year : 1558
Events : Smoking tobacco introduced in Europe by Francisco Fernandes
Year : 1907
Events : 1st radio broadcast of a musical composition aired
Year : 1924
Events : Computing-Tabulating-Recording Corp becomes IBM
Year : 1934
Events : Mother-in-law's day 1st celebrated (Amarillo TX)
Year : 1946
Events : Winston churchill's "Iron Curtain" speech (Fulton MO)
Year : 1958
Events : Explorer 2 fails to reach Earth orbit
Year : 1966
Events : US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
Year : 1968
Events : US launches Solar Explorer 2 to study the Sun
Year : 1978
Events : Landsat 3 launched from Vandenberg AFB, California
Year : 1979
Events : Voyager I's closest approach to Jupiter (1,72,000)miles
Year : 1982
Events : Russian space craft Venera 14 lands on Venus sends back data
Year : 1986
Events : "Today" tabloid launched (Britain's 1st national colour newspaper)
Year : 1995
Events : 21st people's Choice Awards: Tim Allen Wins
Year : 1990
Events : Government announces an interim relief of Rs.360 crore to 5 lakh victims of the 1984 Bhopal gas tragedy.
Year : 1998
Events : INS Sindhurakshak, the newly bought Russian submarine of the Indian Navy, joins 12th submarine squadron based at Mumbai.
Year : 1999
Events : President releases the commemorative stamp on the Golden Jubille of Press Trust of India.
Year : 1998
Events : Kermlin shifts its nuclear button from Moscow to suburban Chernobyl.
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