1898 – Marie Curie and her husband Pierre Curie discover Radioactivity.
1957 – Afro-Asian conference opens in Cairo.
2003 – A destructive earthquake hit Qom in Iran, leaves a big number of people dead.
2004 – More than 230,000 people, mostly in southern Asia, were killed by a tsunami triggered by a 9.1-magnitude earthquake beneath the Indian Ocean.
Born Today:
1893 – Chinese communist leader Mao Zedong was born in Hunan province.
Passed away:
1972 – Harry S. Truman, the 33rd president of the United States, died at age 88.
1974 – Syrian renowned singer Farid al-Atrash.
2006 – Gerald R. Ford, the 38th president of the United States.