On this day in 1909, the U.S. Navy built the world's largest naval base at Pearl Harbor.
On this day in 1918, World War I came to an end.
On this day in 1923, Adolf Hitler was arrested in a village in suburban Munich after a failed coup attempt.
On this day in 2010, Taiwan's former President Chen Shui-bian and his wife Wu Shu-chen were each sentenced to 11 years in prison for receiving kickbacks after intervening in a public land purchase.
On this day in 2010, the European Parliament approved a visa-waiver plan for Taiwan by a vote of 559 to 40.