1892 – Dr Washington Sheffield invents the toothpaste tube
1906 – 10th anniversary Olympic games close in Athens, Greece
1926 – Dutch Communist Party expels David Wijnkoop
1933 – World Trade Day/National Maritime Day 1st celebrated
1960 – Tsunami strikes Hilo, Hawaii at 01:04 AM, severely damaging virtually all coastal towns between the 37th and 44th parallels
1963 – Mickey Mantle hits a ball off Yankee Stadium’s facade
1971 – A British soldier is killed by members of the Official Irish Republican Army in Belfast
1973 – President Nixon confesses his role in Watergate cover-up
1976 – St Louis Cardinal Reggie Smith hits 3 HR
1992 – India launches its Agni rocket