1900-Associated Press News Service forms in New York
1922-Walt Disney incorporates his first film company Laugh-O-Gram Films
1939-Dmitri Shostakovich appointed professor at conservatory of Leningrad
1944-Chinese counter offensive at Hunan front
1945 Lord Haw-Haw arrested at Danish boundary
1945-Winston Churchill resigns as British PM
1958-Mao Tse-tung starts "Great leap forward" movement in China
1965-Franz Jonas elected president of Austria
1970-San Diego Padres beat San Fransisco Giants 17-16 in 15 innings
1977-Benin adopts its constitution
1981-NASA launches Intelsat V
1984-Detroit Tigers win American League record tying 16th straight road game
1989-Lincoln Square in the Bronx is named
1991-Last Cubans troops leave Angola
1992-President Bush orders Coast Guard to intercept boats with Haitian refugees
1994-"Star Trek The Next Generation" finale airs this week in syndication