1890 – Lugards expedition to Meng and Kampala, Uganda
1912 – Piltdown Man, later discovered to be a hoax, is supposedly found in the Piltdown Gravel Pit, by Charles Dawson.
1948 – Indonesia begins its 2nd political election
1953 – KMID TV channel 2 in Midland and Odessa, TX (ABC) begins broadcasting
1964 – US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1971 – 1st Candlelight Processional at the EPCOT Center, Disney World
1978 – USSR performs underground nuclear test
1978 – France performs nuclear test at Mururoa atoll
1992 – FCC vote 4-1 to allow Infinity to purchase Cook Inlet stations
2002 – Governor of California Gray Davis announces the state faces a record budget deficit of $35 billion, roughly double the figure reported during his reelection campaign one month earlier