1918-Hungarian People's Republic declared
1950-U.N. gets U.S. government approval to issue postage stamps
1962-Wilt Chamberlain of NBA San Francisco Warriors scores 73 points vs NY
1965-Venera 3 launched, 1st to land on another planet (crashes into Venus)
1973-Skylab 4 launched into Earth orbit
1978-Major Indoor Soccer League holds its first draft
1987-Lisa Bonet marries Lenny Kravitz
1988-Benazir Bhutto wins 1st free Pakistani elections in 11 years
1988-Estonia declares sovereignty in internal affairs
1989-Six Jesuit priests are killed by El Salvadorian troops
1990-Manuel Noriega claims U.S. denied him a fair trial