On this day in 1911, International Women's Day was launched in Denmark.
On this day in 1947, 13,000 troops sent by the Kuomintang government of China arrived in Taiwan after the 228 Incident and launched crackdowns which killed at least thousands of people, including many elites.
On this day in 1979, Philips demonstrated the Compact Disc publicly for the first time.
And on this day in 1996, China began eight days of test-firing missiles in waters close to major ports in northeastern and southwestern Taiwan, timed to last until Taiwan’s first direct presidential election.