Year : 1845
Events : Rubber band patented by Stephen perry of London
Year : 1854
Events : 1st Park land purchased by a US City, Worcester MA
Year : 1868
Events : Postage stamp cancelling machine pattent issued
Year : 1908
Events : Quickest World heavyweight title fight (Tommy Burns Kos jem Roche in 88 seconds)
Year : 1926
Events : Spain & Brazil prevent Germany joining League of Nations
Year : 1953
Events : US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
Year : 1958
Events : Navy launches Vanguard 1 into orbit (2nd US), measures broadcasting
Year : 1959
Events : Australia & USSR restore diplomatic relations
Year : 1959
Events : Dalai Lama flees Tibet for India
Year : 1961
Events : South Africa leaves British Commonwealth
Year : 1976
Events : US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
Year : 1987
Events : IBM releases PC-DOS version 3.3
Year : 1987
Events : Sunil Gavaskar ends his Test career with an inning of 96 vs Pakistan
Year : 1993
Events : 86 killed by bomb attack in Calcutta
Year : 1996
Events : Aravinda De Silva gets 107 & 3-42 in cricket World Cup victory
Year : 1996
Events : Sri Lanka beat Australia by 7 wickets to win the World cup
Year : 1998
Events : USA Women's Hockey Team beats Canada for 1st Olympics Gold medal
Year : 1999
Events : Sita Dhupella, 70, grand daughter of Mahatma Gandhi, died in Durban.
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