On this day in 1931, India's first talking film, Alam Ara, was released.
On this day in 1954, Taiwan’s interior ministry formally named the Atayal, Saisiyat, Bunun, Tsou, Paiwan, Rukai, Puyuma, Ami and Yami as the nine major indigenous tribes.
On this day in 1964, a jury in Dallas found Jack Ruby guilty of killing Lee Harvey Oswald, the assumed assassin of John F. Kennedy.
On this day in 2003, Taiwan confirmed its first suspected case of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS).
And on this day in 2007, the first World Maths Day was celebrated