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1920 KDKA Broadcasts the Election Results
Pittsburgh station KDKA reports the Harding-Cox presidential election live, the start of commercial radio broadcasting.
1936 BBC Starts Regular Television Service
The BBC opens the world's first regular high-definition television service from Alexandra Palace in London.
1947 The Spruce Goose Makes Its Only Flight
Howard Hughes lifts his giant flying boat, the H-4 Hercules, off the water for its one and only flight.
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1867 Marie Curie Is Born
Maria Skłodowska, later Marie Curie, is born in Warsaw. She becomes the first person to win Nobel Prizes in two sciences.
1917 The Bolsheviks Take Power
Lenin's Bolsheviks seize Petrograd and storm the Winter Palace. Russia calls it the October Revolution because of the old calendar.
1991 Magic Johnson Reveals He Has HIV
Los Angeles Lakers star Magic Johnson announces that he has HIV and retires from basketball at 32.