1703 - Tokyo hit by Earthquake; about 37,000 die
1850 - John Milne, British Geologist, Seismologist, and Anthropologist who developed the first modern seismograph, born in Liverpool, England
1911 - China abolished the monarchy and as a president of the newly created republic is Sun Yat Sen, the interim president and leader of the Chinese People's party - the Kuomintang.
1922 - Union of Soviet Socialist Republics is formed.
1924 - Edwin Hubble announces the existence of other galaxies.
