The International Radiotelegraph Conference in Berlin selected “SOS” (· · · – – – · · ·) as the global standard for radio distress calls.
The SOS code was implemented internationally on July 1, 1908.
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The Soviet Union sent a dog into space aboard the spacecraft Sputnik II.
Americans headed to the polls to vote for either Donald Trump or Joe Biden in the US Presidential Election.
Explorer Christopher Columbus, on his second voyage, found Dominica and the Kalinago people.
Emperor Constantius II was baptized on his deathbed hours before passing.
NASA launched the last space probe in the Mariner Program, Mariner 10.