On this day in 1900, the Eight-Nation Alliance occupied Beijing, China, in a campaign to end the bloody Boxer Rebellion in China.
On this day in 1935, US President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the Social Security Act, creating a government pension system for the retired.
On this day in 1947, Pakistan gained independence from the British Empire and joined the Commonwealth of Nations.
And this day in 2010, the first-ever Youth Olympic Games were held in Singapore.