The world’s first jet-powered aircraft, the Heinkel He 178, completed its first flight.
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Moldova declared its independence from the Soviet Union.
In Java, Indonesia, the Krakatoa volcano erupted and destroyed 70% of the island and its surroundings.
American driller Edwin Laurentine Drake successfully drilled the first oil well in Pennsylvania, US.
For the first time in history, the BBC (British Broadcasting Company) transmitted a two-hour-long live broadcast from Calais, France, to television screens in the UK.
Two baseball teams played a night match at White Sox Party using three 100-foot towers lit with 12 electric lamps.
