On this day in 1902, Theodore Roosevelt became the first President of the United States to ride in an automobile.
On this day in 1910, Korea was annexed by Japan with the signing of the Japan–Korea Treaty of 1910, beginning a period of Japanese rule of Korea that lasted until the end of World War II.
On this day in 1932, the BBC first experimented with television broadcasting.
On this day in 1941, during World War II, German troops reached Leningrad, leading to the siege of the city.
And on this day in 1996, US President Bill Clinton signed welfare reform into law, representing major shift in US welfare policy