On this day in 1944, Chairman Chiang Kai-shek urged 100,000 young men to enter the army.
On this day in 1960, the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) was created by Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and Venezuela.
On this day in 1986, the Taipei Municipal Zoo moved from Yuanshan to Mucha.
And on this day in 2013, Russia and the United States reached an agreement to eliminate Syria's chemical weapons, averting U.S. military action against Bashar al-Assad's regime.