First Boer War: The Battle of Majuba Hill takes place. [rdp-wiki-embed url=’https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Majuba_Hill’]

A hot air balloon crashes near Luxor, Egypt, killing 19 people. [rdp-wiki-embed url=’https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2013_Luxor_hot_air_balloon_crash’]

The Warsaw Pact is abolished. [rdp-wiki-embed url=’https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warsaw_Pact’]

The current constitution of Cuba is formally proclaimed. [rdp-wiki-embed url=’https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constitution_of_Cuba#1976_Constitution’]

Leopold III becomes King of Belgium. [rdp-wiki-embed url=’https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leopold_III_of_Belgium’]

Lee Petty wins the first Daytona 500.

Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels publish The Communist Manifesto.

Lieutenant Edward O’Hare becomes America’s first World War II flying ace. [rdp-wiki-embed url=’https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flying_ace’]

NASA’s Mars Odyssey space probe begins to map the surface of Mars using its thermal emission imaging system. [rdp-wiki-embed url=’https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2001_Mars_Odyssey’]

The first Church of Scientology is established in Los Angeles.