On this day in 1924, the Central News Agency, the Republic of China's first news service, was established in Canton by the ruling Kuomintang.
On this day in 1957, the BBC broadcast the spaghetti tree hoax on its current affairs programme Panorama.
On this day in 1976, Apple Inc. was formed by Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak, and Ronald Wayne.
On this day in 2001, same-sex marriage became legal in the Netherlands, which was the first country to allow it.