John Toland 1912
- 1888 - Professor Frederick Treves performed the first appendectomy in England.
- 1917 - The Ukraine proclaimed independence from Russia.
- 1950 - U.S. President Harry S. Truman authorized a sea blockade of Korea.
- 1953 - The Federal Highway Act authorized the construction of 42,500 miles of freeway from coast to coast.
- 1995 - The shuttle Atlantis and the Russian space station Mir docked, forming the largest man-made satellite ever to orbit the Earth.
- 2007 - The first generation Apple iPhone went on sale.
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