Boris Yeltsin makes an announcement that Russia will no longer target the United States with nuclear weapons.

USA President, John F. Kennedy appoints Janet G. Travell to be his physician. She is is the first woman to hold the appointment of Physician…

The British First Fleet, led by Arthur Phillip, sails into Port Jackson (Sydney Harbour) to establish Sydney. This is first permanent European settlement on the…

The British First Fleet arrivez at Port Jackson (Sydney Harbour) to establish Sydney, the first permanent European settlement in Australia.

A whale explodes in Taiwan. A build-up of gas in the decomposing sperm whale is thought to be the cause.