On this day in 1807, France issued the Milan Decree, which confirmed the Continental System.
On this day in 1892, the first issue of Vogue was published.
On this day in 1938, Otto Hahn discovered the nuclear fission of the heavy element uranium, the scientific and technological basis of nuclear energy.
On this day in 1989, the first episode of television series The Simpsons, "Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire", aired in the United States.