Year : 1834
Events : 1st railroad tunnel in US completed, in Pennsylvania (275 meter long)
Year : 1847
Events : 1st Dutch public telegram
Year : 1891
Events : Britain is linked to the continent by Telephone
Year : 1930
Events : Pluto discovered by Clyde Tombaugh (US)
Year : 1949
Events : NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organisation) ratified
Year : 1963
Events : France performs underground nuclear test at Ecker Algeria
Year : 1965
Events : USSR launches Voshkod 2; Alexei Leonov makes 1st spacewalk (20 minutes)
Year : 1966
Events : General Suharto forms government in Indonesia
Year : 1972
Events : People's Rebublic of China performs nuclear test at Lop Nor People's Republic of China
Year : 1980
Events : Vostok rocket exploded on launch pad while being refueled, killing 50
Year : 1986
Events : Treasury Department announces plans to alter paper money
Year : 1987
Events : US performs nuclear test at Naveda Test Site
Year : 1991
Events : Apple computer head Steve Jobs weds Laurene Powell
Year : 1993
Events : Sri Lanka beat England in Test match by 5 Wickets
Year : 1998
Events : Atal Behari Vajpayee sworn in as India's 13th Prime Minister.
Year : 1919
Events : Government of India passes the Anarchicla and Revolutionary Crimes Act (Rowlatt Bill or the 'Black Bill') in spite of stiff opposition from Indian Leaders, as it was aimed at brutally suppressing the freedom movement in India.
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