On this day in 1969, British yachtsman Sir Robin Knox-Johnston won the Sunday Times Golden Globe Race and completed the first solo non-stop circumnavigation of the world.
On this day in 1984, Medical researchers working in the United States and France identified a type of human cancer virus that may be the causative agent in the killer disease Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS).
On this day in 2003, more than 1,000 people were quarantined for over two weeks at Taipei City Hospital's Heping Branch after the hospital was isolated due to a major outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS).