1864 – US Civil War: General Sherman’s Union Army captures Savannah, Georgia, which surrenders to him, at the end of his March To the Sea Campaign
1933 – Dried human blood serum is first prepared at the University of Pennsylvania
1951 – Pioneering telenovela “Sua Vida Me Pertence” premieres in Brazil
1958 – Charles de Gaulle wins a seven-year term as the first President of the Fifth Republic of France
1962 – Angolin leaves Comecon
1966 – USSR launches Luna 13; soft-landed in Oceanus Procellarum
1990 – Steve and Mark Waugh complete 464* partnership for NSW v WA
2020 – Hawaiian vocalist Israel Kamakawiwoʻole’s official music video for his rendition of Harold Arlen and Yip Harburg’s “Over the Rainbow” reaches a billion views on YouTube