762 AD - Bögü, Khan of the Uyghurs, conquers Lo-Yang, capital of the Chinese Empire.
1866 - Pierre Lalemont patented rotary crank bicycle
1917 - First successful tank use in battle (Britain breaks through German lines) at Battle of Cambrai WWI
1919 - 1st municipally owned airport in US opened (Tucson Az)
1945 - 24 Nazi leaders put on trial at Nuremberg, Germany - Start of the trials.
1949 - Jewish population of Israel reached 1,000,000
1959 - UN adopted Universal Declaration of Children's Rights
1969 - Brazilian soccer icon Pele scored his 1,000th goal
1985 - Microsoft Windows 1.0 was released.
1986 - World Health Organization announced first global effort to combat AIDS
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