On this day in 1966, Australian children's television series Play School aired for the first time. The series would become the longest-running children's show in Australia, and the second longest running children's show in the world
On this day in 1976, Nadia Comăneci became the first person in Olympic Games history to score a perfect 10 in gymnastics at the 1976 Summer Olympics.
On this day in 2001, the Taiwan Stock Exchange witnessed its lowest weighted index since November 1993, closing at 4,219.89 points.
And on this day in 2013, the Government of Detroit, with up to US$20 billion in debt, filed for the largest municipal bankruptcy in US history.