Today in History

1914 - China's 1st president Yuan Shikai wins dictatorial qualification
1925 - Cyprus becomes a British Crown Colony
1930 - Bradman scores 236 Aust v Worcs, his 1st f-class innings in Eng
1931 - Empire State Building opens in NYC
1935 - Boulder Dam completed
1940 - The 1940 Olympics are cancelled
1942 - Radio Orange calls to defy order to wear "Jewish star"
1943 - German plane sinks boat loaded with Palestinian Jews bound for Malta
1949 - Gerard Kuiper discovers Nereid, (2nd satellite of Neptune)
1952 - Marines take part in an atomic explosion training in Nevada
1957 - Larry King's 1st radio broadcast
1960 - India's Bombay state split into Gujarat and Maharashtra states
1961 - 1st US airplane hijacked to Cuba
1963 - 1st American (James Whittaker) conquers Mount Everest
1964 - 1st BASIC program runs on a computer (Dartmouth)
1967 - Priscilla Beaulieu and Elvis Presley wed in Las Vegas
1971 - Amtrak Railroad begins operation
1991 - Angola's civil war ends
1993 - Bomb attack on Sri Lankan president (26 die)
1997 - Toni Blair elected PM of UK