1785-Joseph Bramah receives British patent for beer pump handles

1901-Australia opens its first parliament in Melbourne

1914-President Wilson proclaims Mother's Day

1932-Piccadilly Circus, first lit by electricity

1960-U.S. is first country to use the birth control pill legally

1966-China People's Republic performs nuclear test at Lop Nor People's Rebublic of China

1970-100,000s demonstrate against Vietnam War

1995-Kinshasa, Zaire under quarantine after an outbreak of Ebola virus

1997-First U.S. ambassador since Saigon fell arrives in Vietnam