On this day in 1931, the Mukden Incident gave Japan the pretext to invade and occupy Manchuria in northeastern China.
On this day in 1947, the National Security Council and the Central Intelligence Agency were established in the United States under the National Security Act.
On this day in 1988, Taiwanese taekwondo champion Chen Yi-an won the country’s first Olympic gold medal in an Olympic exhibition taekwondo tournament in Seoul.
On this day in 2007, Buddhist monks joined anti-government protesters in Myanmar, starting what some called the Saffron Revolution.
And on this day in 2014, Scotland voted against independence from the United Kingdom.