This day in 1813 saw the premier of Beethoven's Seventh Symphony.
On this day in 1927, the Brookings Institution, one of the United States' oldest think tanks, was founded through the merger of three organizations that had been created by philanthropist Robert S. Brookings.
On this day in 1953, U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower delivered his "Atoms for Peace" speech, which led to an American program to supply equipment and information on nuclear power to schools, hospitals, and research institutions around the world.