On this day in 1959, Quake Lake was formed by the magnitude 7.5 Hebgen Lake earthquake near Hebgen Lake in Montana, USA.
On this day in 2008, U.S. swimming star Michael Phelps, also known as "flying fish" swept eight gold medals in the Beijing Olympic Games and smashed seven world records.
On this day in 2010, the Legislative Yuan approved the cross-Taiwan Strait Economic Cooperation Framework Agreement (ECFA). It was one of the most important pacts signed between Taiwan and China in decades.