1925-Louis Armstrong records first of Hot Five & Hot Seven recordings

1925-Robert Millikan announces discovery of cosmic rays

1942-During WW II Germany completes their occupation of France

1966-Gemini 12 launched on 4-day flight

1975-Australian PM removed by crown (1st elected PM removed in 200 years)

1982-5th space shuttle mission-Columbia 5-launched first commercial flight

1982-Solidarity leader Lech Walesa is let out of jail in Poland

1983-President Reagan became first U.S. president to address Japan's legislature

1987-Van Gogh's "Irises" sells for record $53.6 million at auction

1988-Oldest known insect fossils (390 million years) reported in Science