Year : 1878
Events : 1st American bicycle race held (Boston).
Year : 1921
Events : 1st parliament for Northern Ireland elected.
Year : 1930
Events : 1st Woman to fly from England to Australia solo, lands (Amy Johnson).
Year : 1931
Events : 1st air-conditioned train installed-B&O Railroad.
Year : 1954
Events : 1st rocket attains 150 miles (241 km) altitude, White Sands.
Year : 1961
Events : Explorer (12) fails to reach earth orbit.
Year : 1962
Events : M Scott Carpenter aboard Aurira 7 launched into earth orbit.
Year : 1975
Events : Soyuz 18B carries 2 cosmonauts to space station Salyut 4.
Year : 0
Events : Commonwealth Day.
Year : 1997
Events : Mr.Mohammad Khatami, a moderate cleric and a former Culture Minister, is elected Iran's President.
Year : 1993
Events : Eighteen Army personnal are killed and nine seriously injured when a bomb accidently explodes at the Army field firing range at Leh in the Ladakh region.
Year : 1993
Events : Indian Navy clinches an estimated $ 5 million worth deal to carry out a hydraulic survey of the coast of Oman.
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