1885 - The first practical public electric tramway in the world is opened in Blackpool, England.
1927 - Tornado strikes St Louis Missouri, 85 die.
1988 - Space Shuttle: NASA launches STS-26, the return to flight mission, after the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster.
1993 – In Aruba, the Caribbean island, Republic of Macedonia is admitted as a full member of Interpol.
2009 - Samoa earthquake; An 8.0 magnitude earthquake near the Samoan Islands causes a tsunami.
WORLD HEART DAY
