Events
1849
– New Roman Republic established
1895 – William G. Morgan creates a game called
Mintonette, which soon comes to be referred
to as volleyball.
1900 – The Davis Cup competition is established.
1913 – A group of meteors is visible across
much of the eastern seaboard of North and
South America, leading astronomers to conclude
the source had been a small, short-lived natural
satellite of the Earth.
1920 – Under the terms of the Spitsbergen
Treaty, international diplomacy recognizes
Norwegian sovereignty over Arctic archipelago
Svalbard, and designates it as demilitarized.
1942 – Year-round Daylight saving time is
re-instated in the United States as a wartime
measure to help conserve energy resources.
1951 – Geochang massacre: Korean War
1959 – The R-7 Semyorka, the first intercontinental
ballistic missile, becomes operational at
Plesetsk, USSR.
1969 – First test flight of the Boeing 747.
1971 – The Sylmar earthquake hits the San
Fernando Valley area of California.
1991 – Voters in Lithuania vote for independence.
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