1919-Communist Labor Party of America formed in Chicago
1955-First microwave TV station operated (Lufkin, Tx)
1959-Australia defeats U.S. for tennis' Davis Cup
1960-Agricultural Hall of Fame established
1968-Private Eye magazine reports a John Lennon & Yoko Ono album will have a picture of them nude on the cover
1970-Lonnie McLucas, a Black Panther activist, convicted
1973-First heavyweight championship fight in Japan (Foreman beats Roman)
1980-Poland's Solidarity labor union founded
1983-Edwin Moses of USA sets the 400m hurdle record (47.02) in Koblenz
1988-Five-day power blackout of downtown Seattle begins