On this day in 1942, Voice of America, the official external radio and television service of the United States government, began broadcasting with programs aimed at areas controlled by the Axis powers.
On this day in 1979, the Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini returned to Tehran, Iran after nearly 15 years of exile.
On this day in 1992, the Chief Judicial Magistrate of Bhopal court declared Warren Anderson, ex-CEO of Union Carbide, a fugitive under Indian law for failing to appear in the Bhopal Disaster case.
And on this day in 2007, Taiwan's high-speed railway formally began commercial service, shortening traveling time from Taipei in the north to Kaohsiung in the south to 1.5 hours.