On this day in 1889, the world's first jukebox was unveiled in the Palais Royal Saloon in San Francisco by Louis Glass, general manager of the Pacific Phonograph Company.
On this day in 1918, the Republic of China Education Ministry adopted the "bo-po-mo-fo" system of phonetic symbols to teach Mandarin Chinese pronunciation.
On this day in 1921, Warren G. Harding, the 29th president of the United States, banned doctors from prescribing beer.
And on this day in 1956, under intense pressure from the United States, the British government agreed to begin a military withdrawal from the Suez Canal zone.