1910 – Japan changes Korea’s name to ChÅsen and appoints a governor-general to rule its new colony
1914 – Arizonian is the first vessel to arrive in San Francisco via the Panama Canal
1916 – Congress creates US Naval Reserve
1950 – International Olympic Committee votes to admit West Germany and Japan in 1952
1960 – Italy wins the cycling team pursuit, and Sante Gaiardoni takes the sprint gold medal at the Rome Olympics; Italy wins all four track events and the road team time trial to thoroughly dominate the sport
1992 – Braves’ Charlie Leibrandt records his 1,000th strikeout. He decides to keep the ball by rolling it to the dugout, allowing Ricky Jordan to take second base on an error
1992 – Irish rock band U2 plays the first of two sold-out nights at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx, NYC
2003 – Skype Technologies releases its pioneering video-conferencing software